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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. 06, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
William T Sweeney, Ponca City, OK (US);
Assignee:
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 15 ; 277 53 ;
Abstract
An improved throttling bushing for a seal is used in a machine which has a casing and a shaft journaled in the casing. The throttling bushing reduces the flow of cooling and flushing fluid by maintaining a closer tolerance at the throttling bushing by using a labyrinth mounted on the shaft or a sleeve attached to the shaft, and an elastic bushing attached to the casing and positioned around the labyrinth. The clearance between the elastic bushing of the labyrinth is dimensioned to provide noncontact clearance prior to assembly.