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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2007
Elizabeth Chitren, Fairport, NY (US);
Christopher Tones, Palmyra, NY (US);
Elizabeth Chitren, Fairport, NY (US);
Christopher Tones, Palmyra, NY (US);
Garlock Scaling Technologies LLC, Palmyra, NY (US);
Abstract
An assembly for sealing a rotating shaft and a bearing housing which has a stator, a rotor, and a unitizing element. The stator has at least two portions and an annular engagement flange extending in an axial direction having a groove on a radial side thereof. The rotor has at least two portions and an annular engagement flange extending in an axial direction having a groove on the radial side thereof. The annular unitizing element has at least two portions, a stator engaging member that engages the stator groove, a rotor engaging member that engages the rotor groove, and a rear member having a side edge that engages the stator. A radially outer surface of the unitizing element has two areas of differing diameter, one corresponding to the rotor engaging member and the other corresponding to the rear member.