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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Garlock Sealing Technologies, Llc, Palmyra, NY (US);
Wayne Evans, Palmyra, NY (US);
Chad Yoder, Palmyra, NY (US);
Sherwin Damdar, Palmyra, NY (US);
Paul Jude Nichols, Palmyra, NY (US);
Richard Lynn Dibble, Palmyra, NY (US);
Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC, Palmyra, NY (US);
Abstract
A spiral wound gasket includes a resilient sealing element including spirally wound, alternating layers of metal banding and winding fill material that incorporates a significant quantity of talc with quantities of fiber and binder. Either or both of an outer guide ring and inner guide ring may extend from peripheral outer and inner surfaces of the sealing element. Embodiments of the gasket overlay one or both axial faces of the sealing element with a layer facing material that incorporates a significant quantity of talc with quantities of fiber and binder.