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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:
Mar. 05, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale J Warner, Palm Harbor, FL (US);
Assignee:
Gits Bros. Mfg. Co., Tampa, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 11 ; 277 85 ;
Abstract
A device having a rotary shaft extending through a housing, with the device including a shaft seal for affecting a substantially fluid tight seal between the shaft and the housing, wherein the shaft seal includes: a rotating seal member secured to and rotatable with the shaft, a stationary seal member for affecting sealing contact with the rotating seal member, and wherein the rotating seal member is adjustably mounted on the shaft. The invention provides a single mechanism for both transversely positioning the rotating seal member with respect to the shaft, and moving the rotating seal member to a predetermined axial position along the shaft.