Two-stage seal arrangement
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1. IN COMBINATION WITH A PAIR OF CONCENTRIC MEMBERS HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN, A TWOSTAGE SEALING ARRANGEMENT, COMPRISING A SEALING RING IN SAID CLEARANCE, SAID SEALING RING HAVING A COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAT THAT OF EITHER OF SAID MEMBERS AND BEING HEAT EXPANDIBLE INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OF SAID MEMBERS BY HEAT DISSIPATING FROM A HEATED FLUID FLOWING THROUGH ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND PROVIDING A PERMANENT SEAL AGAINST THE FLOW OF THE HEATED FLUID THROUGH SAID CLEARANCE, AND
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1. IN COMBINATION WITH A PAIR OF CONCENTRIC MEMBERS HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN, A TWOSTAGE SEALING ARRANGEMENT, COMPRISING A SEALING RING IN SAID CLEARANCE, SAID SEALING RING HAVING A COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAT THAT OF EITHER OF SAID MEMBERS AND BEING HEAT EXPANDIBLE INTO SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OF SAID MEMBERS BY HEAT DISSIPATING FROM A HEATED FLUID FLOWING THROUGH ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND PROVIDING A PERMANENT SEAL AGAINST THE FLOW OF THE HEATED FLUID THROUGH SAID CLEARANCE, AND
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