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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1997
John C Dahlheimer, Laconia, NH (US);
Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, Plymouth, MI (US);
Abstract
A mechanical face seal for use in a pump. The mechanical face seal including a seal head assembly, a seal seat assembly opposite and in contact with the seal head assembly. The seal head assembly including a gimbal ring engaging a first and second pair of gimbal pads. The first pair of gimbal pads is integral with an impeller insert and the second pair of gimbal pads is integral with a seal washer. The gimbal ring will continually adjust to misalignments of the pump and the seal components when hydraulic forces overcome the spring load of the seal head assembly and clamps the gimbal ring between the two pair of gimbal pads.
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