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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. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven A. Zettel, Cranston, RI (US);
Assignee:
ACS Industries, Inc., Woonsocket, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/502 ; F16J 1/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/502 ; F16J 1/508 ;
Abstract
An knitted wire mesh seal, such as for use in catalytic converters, is provided with a plurality of protrusions to prevent complete nesting of adjacent seals. When packaged and shipped, seals that do not completely nest prevent accidental assembly of two seals.