Seal for covers for inscription fields

• US 20060191210A1
• Filed: 12/23/2005
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC GmbH (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Inventors: Hetzer, Ulrich, Mossner, Frank, Nad, Ferenc
• Application Number:
  US11/318,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20060191210A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/38
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 15/106 homogeneous
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

The invention relates to a seal for covers for inscription fields, comprising a cover element which is intended for insertion into a base body in the form of a holder, and at least one sealing element, which can be introduced into a space between the base body and the cover element and can be compressed by the base body and the cover element, so that it is possible to seal at least a part of the area which is covered by the cover element, in which case the profile of the sealing element is designed such that, in the compressed state, a sealing effect can be achieved in its cross section at at least three points on the profile.

Claims

1. A seal for inscription fields, comprising:

a cover element which is intended for insertion into a base body in the form of a holder and at least one sealing element, which can be introduced into a space between the base body and the cover element and can be compressed by the base body and the cover element, so that it is possible to seal at least a part of the area which is covered by the cover element, wherein the profile of the sealing element, defines a sealing effect in its cross section in at least three points on the profile in the compressed state between the base body and the cover element.

2. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile of the sealing element, defines at least a double sealing effect by a side facing the base body, and at least a single sealing effect by a side facing the cover element in the compressed state.

3. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile of the sealing element, defines a cavity between the sealing element and the base body on a side facing the base body in the unloaded state.

4. The seal as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cavity is formed, with a constant profile thickness, by a projection in the form of a stud in the cross-sectional profile of the sealing element.

5. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the profile of the sealing element has a v-shaped cross section.

6. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing element is sized to fit into a groove provided in the base body.

7. The seal as claimed in claim 6, wherein the dimensions of the groove correspond to a side of the sealing element which faces the base body, in which case the groove can be completely filled by the sealing element, at least in its compressed state, and a side of the sealing element facing the cover element projects, in its unloaded state, beyond a rim of the groove in the direction facing away from the base body.

8. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the area to be sealed is rectangular.

9. The seal as claimed in claim 8, wherein the area to be sealed has rounded corners.

10. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the area to be sealed completely surrounds at least one inscription field.

11. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sealing element is formed from a rubber-like material.

12. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cutout in the form of a depression is provided in the side of the sealing element facing the base body and is in the form of at least one inscription field provided between the base body and the cover element.

13. The seal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the depression which is provided in the cover element can engage with a rim, which is provided on the base body and surrounds at least part of the inscription field.

14. The seal as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one cutout which is in the form of a latching opening is provided on the cover element and can engage with at least one latching tab which corresponds to the latching opening and is provided on the base body, by which means a detachable latching connection can be formed between the cover element and the base body.

15. A sealing element for inscription fields, for use in sealing a space between a base body and a cover element, comprising:

a compressible body having an enclosed shape sized to fit into the space wherein the profile of the sealing element is configured such that, in the compressed state, a sealing effect can be achieved in its cross section at at least three points on the profile.

16. The sealing element as claimed in claim 15, wherein the enclosed shape of the compressible body is rectangular.

17. The sealing element as claimed in claim 15, wherein the profile of the sealing element has a v-shaped cross section.

18. An inscription field sealing apparatus comprising:

a base body having an outer face, the outer face defining an inscription area, and a groove surrounding the inscription area;

a cover element mountable to the body to cover the inscription area, the cover element including a sealing surface facing the groove of the base body;

a sealing element having a compressible body and defining an enclosed shape to fit in the groove of the base body, the sealing element having a profile in cross-section that defines at least three seals between the cover element and the base body.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the enclosed shape of the sealing element is rectangular.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 18, wherein the profile of the sealing element has a v-shaped cross section.