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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. 10, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mikio Kamitake, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
440 38 ;
Abstract
A seal construction for a pump of a small watercraft of the water jet propulsion type, the watercraft including a hull and a pump casing. A pumping passage for water jet propulsion is formed by the pump casing and a portion of the hull. The seal construction includes a flange formed on the pump casing, the flange having walls, and an elastic seal member liquid-tightly surrounding the periphery of the flange. The seal member has an outer periphery in liquid-tight contact with the inner surface of the hull portion where the pump is mounted. The flange and the seal member have parts for immovably engaging with each other.