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Elastomer energized rod seal

  • US 6,497,415 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2001
  • Issued: 12/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Annular seal for sealing between a static and a dynamic machine part, therebetween which a fluid or gas seal is required, the annular seal being made of a resilient material and energized by a surrounding compression ring, the annular seal being installed with the compression ring in a common, rectangular housing groove such that it separates the compression ring from a moving surface of the dynamic machine part and the downstream wall of the housing groove, characterized by the outer diameter of the seal meeting or exceeding that of the groove bottom, the seal having a seal apex, the seal being configured for concentrating contact forces against the moving surface solely via the seal apex.

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