Festo Ag & Co

Festo Ag & Co. Kg

Andreas Schleth

Hans-Walter Brenner

Winfried Schulz

Klaus Reichert

Rainer Magister

In a working cylinder, with a cylinder casing, in the cylinder interior of which is mounted a driving piston capable of linear movement under fluidic pressurization, wherein the cylinder casing is mounted between two cylinder covers closing the cylinder interior, wherein the cylinder covers each have a central section and an outer frame section, with at least four mounting areas and encompassing the central section, wherein there is formed between the frame section and the central section an annular space, in which are provided reinforcing struts aligned radially and each extending towards an assigned mounting area, outer surfaces of each reinforcing strut diverge away from the assigned mounting area towards the central section.

Working cylinder

A sealing ring () has an annular principal body () responsible for its dimensional stability, such body having an annular groove on at least one axial side, in which groove a sealing body (), consisting of rubber-elastic material, is held. The sealing body () has a sealing bead () projecting axially past the principal body (). The capacity of the annular groove () is at least equal to the volume of the sealing body () so that the annular groove () is in a position of receiving the material of the sealing body () defining its sealing bead () during action on and deformation of the sealing bead ().

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Esslingen, Germany

Andreas Schleth