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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael T Gavrun, Bayonne, NJ (US);
Robert W Loyd, Jr, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Wood-Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 / ; 277 96 ; 277136 ; 418 / ; 418142 ;
Abstract
An oil seal construction for a rotary mechanism including a seal ring receivable in an annular groove in an end face of the rotor of said mechanism with the ring having a pair of radially-spaced annular surfaces for sealing engagement with the adjacent side housing and with a ring of elastomeric material disposed in said oil seal groove behind the seal ring and also including a metallic spring disposed behind the elastomeric ring such that the metallic spring forces act through the elastomeric ring to urge the seal ring outwardly of the rotor groove.