Sealing arrangement

• US 6,322,080 B1
• Filed: 12/12/1997
• Issued: 11/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Sulzer-Burckhardt AG
• Original Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Sulzer-Burckhardt AG
• Inventors: Feistel, Norbert
• Primary Examiner(s): Mah, Chuck Y.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEAVEY, ENOCH E
• Application Number:
  US08/981,174
• Time in Patent Office: 1,446 Days
• Field of Search: 277/435, 277/447, 277/448, 277/489, 277/491, 277/492, 277/493, 277/490, 277/908, 277/909, 277/434
• US Class Current: 277/490
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 15/26 with stuffing-boxes for rigid sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 9/16 obtained by stacking of rings

Abstract

Sealing arrangement for a piston rod with a circular cross-section, comprising a one-piece sealing ring with a parting joint and compensation clearance as well as a cover ring surrounding the sealing ring in the peripheral direction, with the sealing ring having a section which extends in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring at at one end and forms an overlapping ring joint together with the other end of the sealing ring, and with the sealing ring having a radial wall thickness decreasing towards the parting joint. This arrangement has an excellent sealing action in a direction axial to the arrangement.

Claims

1. A sealing arrangement for a piston rod with a circular cross-section, comprising a one-piece sealing ring with a parting joint and compensation clearance as well as a cover ring surrounding or enclosing the sealing ring in the peripheral direction, with the sealing ring having a section which extends in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring at least at one end and forms an overlapping ring joint together with another end of the sealing ring, and with the sealing ring having a radial wall thickness which decreases towards the parting joint;

wherein the sealing ring has at its radially outer surface a recess extending along the circumference of the sealing ring, the cover ring fitting in the recess and a sealing surface which is a radially inner surface of the sealing ring.

2. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 1 wherein the sealing ring has a circularly extending surface oriented radially inwardly towards a body to be sealed;

and wherein the sealing ring has a surface at its radially outer side extending circularly in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring and eccentric to the circularly extending surface.

3. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 1 wherein the sealing ring has a securing means in order to prevent a mutual rotation of the sealing ring and the cover ring.

4. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 1 wherein the cover ring has elastically resilient properties and surrounded by a spring lying on the cover ring and extending in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring.

5. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 1 wherein the sealing ring has a surface oriented radially inwardly towards a body to be sealed;

wherein the surface has a height in a direction extending perpendicular to the peripheral direction of the sealing ring;

wherein the surface is of cylindrical shape over a portion of the height in order to form a sealing surface and has a surface with a radius enlarged with respect to the sealing surface over a further part.

6. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 5 wherein the surface is made conically divergent.

7. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 5 wherein the surface diverges in the radial direction by a maximum distance B;

and wherein the compensatory clearance has a width of

times pi times B.

8. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 5 wherein a plurality of webs are arranged distributed along an inner surface in the peripheral direction.

9. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 1 wherein the sealing ring is manufactured of one of a plastic or a modified high temperature polymer.

10. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 9 wherein the sealing ring is manufactured of one of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), poly(ether ether ketone) (PEEK), poly(ether ketone) (PEK), polyimide (PI), poly(phenylene sulphide) (PPS), polybenzimidazole (PBI), or polyamideimide (PAI).

11. A sealing arrangement in accordance with claim 1 wherein the covering is surrounded by a spring lying on the cover ring and extending in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring.

12. A packing for sealing a piston rod with sealing arrangements that comprise:

a one-piece sealing ring with a parting joint and compensation clearance as well as a cover ring surrounding or enclosing the sealing ring in the peripheral direction, with the sealing ring having a section which extends in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring at least at one end and forms an overlapping ring joint together with another end of the sealing ring, and with the sealing ring having a radial wall thickness which decreases towards the parting joint wherein the sealing ring has at its radially outer surface a recess extending along the circumference of the sealing ring, the cover ring fitting in the recess.

13. A piston compressor with a sealing arrangement comprising:

a packing for sealing a piston rod with sealing arrangements that comprise;

a one-piece sealing ring with a parting joint and compensation clearance as well as a cover ring surrounding or enclosing the sealing ring in the peripheral direction, with the sealing ring having a section which extends in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring at least at one end and forms an overlapping ring joint together with another end of the sealing ring, and with the sealing ring having a radial wall thickness which decreases towards the parting joint wherein the sealing ring has at its radially outer surface a recess extending along the circumference of the sealing ring, the cover ring fitting in the recess.