High-pressure ferrofluid seal apparatus

Details High-pressure ferrofluid seal apparatus High-pressure ferrofluid seal apparatus

1984-05-03

1985-07-09

Smith, Robert I.

Seal for a joint or juncture

Seal between relatively movable parts

Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member

277135, F16J 1540

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045278059

ABSTRACT:
A high-pressure rotary seal apparatus with a radially-polarized permanent magnet, which seal apparatus comprises: a housing; a magnetically-permeable shaft to be sealed extending through the housing, the shaft characterized by a plurality of separate grooves or stages on the shaft; a radially-polarized permanent magnet extending about the shaft, at least one pole piece adjacent to and in a magnetic flux relationship with the radially-polarized permanent magnet and extending about the shaft, one polarized end of the polarized magnet and one end of the pole piece extending into a close, noncontacting relationship with the grooves on the surface of the shaft to form a plurality of separate radial gaps; ferrofluid disposed in the radial gaps to define a plurality of separate, spaced-apart ferrofluid O-ring seals about the surface of the shaft; and a generally cylindrical, magnetically-permeable keeper element extending about the other polarized end of the magnet and the other end of the pole piece in order to provide a magnetic flux circuit which extends between the radially-polarized magnet, the keeper element, the shaft, and the ferrofluid in the radial gaps.

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