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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Canlong He, St. Peters, MO (US);
Paul G. Conley, St. Charles, MO (US);
Canlong He, St. Peters, MO (US);
Paul G. Conley, St. Charles, MO (US);
Lincoln Industrial Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An improved follower packing unit for a grease gun is disclosed. The unit includes a hollow annular body of elastomeric material having a front wall, an annular side wall and a rear wall defining a cavity in the body. Rigid front and back structural supports rigidly support the front and rear walls of the elastomeric seal. The elastomeric seal and the front and back structural supports are fastened together to prevent separation and to form a unitary follower structure movable as a unit on a follower rod. The annular side wall of the elastomeric seal is resiliently deformable under pressure in a radial direction for sealing tightly against an interior surface of the barrel of the grease gun or against the interior surface of a tubular cartridge loaded in the barrel of the gun.