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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:
Jul. 26, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank D Shaffer, Quimby, SC (US);
Malvin L Dennis, Lake City, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174151 ; 277121 ;
Abstract
A detachable seal assembly for a pressurized constant process oven through which a flat filament is passed and which seals the oven against the environment surrounding the oven including a resilient aperture formed by opposed flaps which extend from a transverse portion in the direction of movement of the filament to sandwich the filament. Compression is provided to the seal assembly such that the friction of filament movement tends to stretch the flaps to seal the resilient aperture about the filament. The seal assembly includes a clamp to enable ready replacement to minimize process down time during replacement.