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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Steven Suggs, Nacogdoches, TX (US);
Kris Kolb, Nacogdoches, TX (US);
Ken Fulmer, Tyler, TX (US);
Acadia Elastomers Corporation, Nacogdoches, TX (US);
Abstract
A spiral wound gasket made of an elongate band jacketed by a sealing material, with the elongate band wrapped in overlapping turns to define a radially thick gasket with an inner diameter for being exposed to a material to be sealed and an outer diameter, in which the jacket of the sealing material defines interior portions of the gasket having the sealing material with a first density between adjacent overlapping turns of the elongate band and defining opposing flange sealing faces of the sealing material with a second density lower than said first density, for use in sealing applications.