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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:
May. 26, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stig Persson, Katrineholm, SE;
Assignee:
Aktiebolaget SKF, Goteborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 53 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a seal for a gap between a rotatable shaft (3) and an element (1) surrounding the shaft. The seal comprises a lid (5) provided on the surrounding element and showing an annular groove (6) which is open towards the envelope surface of the shaft, and a resilient ring (7) provided on the shaft, which ring is enclosed by the groove. One end surface (8) of the ring is covered by a flock of fibres (10). The free ends of the fibres contact one of the groove walls. The other end surface (9) of the ring directly contacts the other groove wall.