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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. 09, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Josef Sedy, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Assignee:
Durametallic Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 / ; 277 85 ; 277171 ;
Abstract
Non-contacting seal for shafts rotating at high speeds with improved centering means for low unbalance of seal rotating parts. Centering means comprise a shallow circumferential groove with slanted sides and an elastic centering strip of ladder-like form between two cylindrical surfaces to be held concentric. Since slanted sides of the groove overlap sides of the centering strip it cannot be displaced out of its groove during assembly, or during operation. Displaced centering strip could cause unbalance, vibrations, damage to the seal or to the surrounding equipment.