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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2015
Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
NIPPON PILLAR PACKING CO., LTD., Osaka-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A gasket in which a high sealing property can be ensured, and a method of producing such a gasket are provided. A gasketis produced by spirally winding a belt-like composite bodyhaving a metal mesh memberand expanded graphiteenveloped by the metal mesh member, and then compression molding the composite body into a tubular shape. The gasket includes a first sealing portionplaced in one axial end portion, and a second sealing portionplaced in the other axial end portion. The gasket has a sectional shape in which the composite body that is in a bent state overlaps in a radial direction. The composite body includes a bent portion which is radially bent in an acute angle shape.