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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1984
Kuldip Raj, Merrimack, NH (US);
Hanumaiah L Gowda, Nashua, NH (US);
Ferrofluidics Corporation, Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A compact, coaxial multiple-shaft ferrofluid seal apparatus which comprises: a housing; a central shaft and magnetically permeable coaxial shafts about the central shaft, the coaxial shafts having a pair of spaced apart nonmagnetically permeable insulator shaft sections; magnetically permeable bearings to support each shaft; pole piece elements to provide radial gaps within the inner or outer shaft surfaces; ferrofluid disposed in the radial gaps to provide a seal apparatus for the shafts of designed pressure capacity; and a single radially polarized permanent magnet to provide a source of magnetic flux for the seal apparatus.