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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. 19, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norman K Trozzi, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Clinton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 12 ; 277 27 ; 277 / ; 277 88 ; 241179 ; 432115 ;
Abstract
A seal assembly for a rotating drum in which a rotating member is secured relative to the drum for rotation therewith. An air chamber is provided adjacent the drum for introducing sealing air into the drum. At least one seal ring is secured to the rotating member for rotation therewith, and a seal member is disposed in an air chamber and is biased into sealing engagement with the seal ring by the air pressure in the chamber.