Floating seals

Details Floating seals Floating seals

1978-08-07

1979-11-06

Ward, Jr., Robert S.

Seal for a joint or juncture

Seal between relatively movable parts

Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member

277 83, 277 94, 277173, 277169, F16J 1516

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041733509

ABSTRACT:
A floating seal embodying a tubular bushing non-rotatably mounted in a tubular housing having a radially inwardly projecting flange on one end thereof, the bushing having an annular recess formed in the outer annular corner thereof which faces the aforementioned flange, with an O-ring mounted in the recess between the bushing and the aforementioned corner, with the bushing being movable axially of the housing, by pressure applied to the end of the bushing remote from the aforementioned flange, into position to compress the O-ring between the surface of the bushing defining the recess and the inner surfaces of the housing and flange defining the aforementioned corner.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2503086 (1950-04-01), Albright
patent: 2549112 (1951-04-01), Miller
patent: 3319968 (1967-05-01), Yost

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