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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Trendsetter Engineering, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Teng Pin Lee, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin Poling, Houston, TX (US);
Brent Cox, Houston, TX (US);
David Older, Houston, TX (US);
TRENDSETTER ENGINEERING, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A gasket for use with flanges has an annular member formed of a metallic material. The annular member has a cross-sectional profile with a body portion having an end surface, a first side, a second side, and a T-shaped portion extending from the body portion. The T-shaped portion of the body portion defines a pair of annular grooves on opposite sides of the annular member. The T-shaped portion has a central portion connected to the body portion and a head portion at an end of the central portion opposite the body portion. The central portion of the T-shaped portion has a weep hole extending therethrough. The weep hole has opposite ends opening respectively to the pair of annular grooves.