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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1993
Toshihiko Fuse, Hyogo, JP;
Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A stationary sealing ring (6) surrounds a rotatable shaft (2) and is fitted to, and held by, a cylindrical guide (1a) of a seal case (1). An extremely small clearance is provided between the outer peripheral surface (6b) of the stationary sealing ring and the inner peripheral surface (1c) of the guide. This small clearance prevents radial displacement of the ring but allows the ring to move in the axial direction and permits the passage of a fluid. Because the sealing ring is held without the use of a holding ring or an O-ring, the concentricity and parallelism of the stationary sealing ring to a rotary sealing ring (3) can be continuously maintained despite pressure fluctuations. Clearance between the stationary sealing ring and a holding ring (4) is maintained by an O-ring (9) held in an annular dovetail groove (10) formed in a surface (4c) of the holding ring facing the stationary sealing ring. The O-ring serves as a strain isolator which prevents the transmission of thermal and pressure strains between the holding ring and the stationary sealing ring.