US Patent: 3,116,066
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| Mating Ring and Seal
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Patentee:
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| Wibrandus J. Koppius (exact or similar names) - Lyons, Cook County, IL |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Oct. 17, 1960 |
| Granted: |
Dec. 31, 1963 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Gits Bros. Mfg. Co.
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Description: |
| Claim:
An assembly for supporting a mating sealing surface for a rotary seal having an annular sealing ring supported by a carrier ring with the carrier ring spring urged by a spring bottomed against a casing ring to hold the sealing ring in sealing position against the sealing surface, said assembly comprising a mating ring having an annular sealing surface for engagement by a sealing ring, a shaft passing concentrically through the mating ring, means for forming a flexible seal between tie mating ring and the shaft, a shoulder on the shaft having a radial surface in a radial plane of the shaft in abutting contact with a radial surface of the mating ring to hold the sealing surface of the mating ring in an accurate radial plane, a split spring metal clamping ring having an inner clamping surface and a diameter in a released position smaller than the outer surface of the shaft to grip the shaft With said mating ring positioned between the clamping ring and the shoulder so that the clamping ring Will hold the mating ring against the shoulder, and means for attaching the mating ring to the clamping ring Without imposing radial forces on the mating ring. |
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