Seal for a joint or juncture – Seal between relatively movable parts – Circumferential contact seal for other than piston
Patent
1995-10-13
2000-03-14
DePumpo, Daniel G.
Seal for a joint or juncture
Seal between relatively movable parts
Circumferential contact seal for other than piston
277411, 277580, 277582, F16J 906
Patent
active
060361913
ABSTRACT:
A seal assembly for providing a seal between a cylindrical member and a bore formed in a housing, the housing and cylindrical member being rotatable relative to one another, the seal assembly being located within an annular groove formed in the cylindrical member and having an annular seal body of a plastics material having an outer axially extending circumferential face for sealing abutment with the bore and at least one radially extending end face for sealing abutment with a side face of the groove and a resilient ring member located in abutment with the inner axially extending circumferential face of the seal body for urging said outer circumferential face radially outward to maintain sealing abutment between said outer circumferential face and the bore during cooling of the seal and housing, the resilient ring member having an axial end face contiguous with or located in-board of said end face of the seal body, the resilient ring and seal body being interconnected so as to be axially movable in unison with one another.
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Adwest Engineering Limited
DePumpo Daniel G.
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