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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Todd A. Langston, Chandler, AZ (US);
William L. Giesler, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Todd A. Langston, Chandler, AZ (US);
William L. Giesler, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improved oil seal is provided for sealing passage of a rotatable shaft through an end wall of a bearing housing in a turbomachine or the like, wherein the shaft is rotatably supported within the bearing housing by oil-lubricated bearings. The improved oil seal comprises a dynamic oil-air separator and a slinger rotor mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith, the slinger rotor having an outwardly extending slinger ring with an outboard seal face with radially oriented slots and a circumferential groove or grooves.