Air bearing vacuum seal assembly

Details Air bearing vacuum seal assembly Air bearing vacuum seal assembly

1977-09-27

1978-10-03

Ward, Jr., Robert S.

Seal for a joint or juncture

Seal between relatively movable parts

Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member

277 3, 313 61R, 313148, 313149, 308 363, 250501, F16J 1540, G21G 402

Patent

active

041180429

ABSTRACT:
An air bearing vacuum seal assembly capable of rotating at the speed of several thousand revolutions per minute using an air cushion to prevent the rotating and stationary parts from touching, and a two stage differential pumping arrangement to maintain the pressure gradient between the air cushion and the vacuum so that the leak rate into the vacuum is, for example, less than 1 .times. 10.sup.-4 Pa m.sup.3 /s. The air bearing vacuum seal has particular application for mounting rotating targets to an evacuated accelerator beam tube for bombardment of the targets with high-power charged particle beams in vacuum.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3005767 (1961-10-01), Boyer et al.
patent: 3287592 (1966-11-01), Hirschfield et al.
patent: 3336491 (1967-08-01), Mercer et al.
patent: 3452839 (1969-07-01), Swearingen
patent: 3499653 (1970-03-01), Gargner
patent: 3733490 (1973-05-01), Roche

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Air bearing vacuum seal assembly does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Air bearing vacuum seal assembly, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Air bearing vacuum seal assembly will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1798674