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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shojiro Sugimura, Okayama, JA;
Assignee:
Mitsui Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 27 ; 277 59 ; 277 62 ; 277 54 ; 277 73 ; 277 74 ;
Abstract
A shaft sealing apparatus has a housing having axial symmetry about the axis of a shaft disposed therethrough. A seal ring supporting member is slidably disposed about the shaft and is enclosed by the housing. Seal rings are disposed in the seal ring supporting member. A means for moving the seal ring supporting member along the axial direction is provided so that the amount of overlapping area between the seal rings and a sealing portion of the shaft may be controllably varied.