Fiber gasket and method of making same
Abstract
A gasket (1) is made by repetitively spirally winding a fiber (3) back on itself in a closed path. The gasket (1) so made has a multi-layer spiral winding (1) formed in a loop (5). The fiber (3) can be wound at a constant wrap rate to form a gasket with a uniform cross-section around the loop. Alternatively, the wrap rate can be varied, increased to increase cross-sectional bulk, and decreased to reduce cross-section bulk around the loop (5). Also, the spiral winding (7) can be applied over a core (13) of either strands of the fiber (3) or a dissimilar material providing a desired property such as resiliency, stiffness or others. For high temperature applications, a ceramic fiber (3) can be used. The gasket (1) can have any of various geometric configurations with or without a core (13).
- Inventors:
-
- Murrysville, PA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Export, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 875005
- Patent Number(s):
- 6511076
- Assignee:
- Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (Orlando, FL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS F16J - PISTONS {
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC26-97FT33007
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fiber; gasket; method; repetitively; spirally; winding; closed; path; multi-layer; spiral; formed; loop; wound; constant; wrap; rate; form; uniform; cross-section; alternatively; varied; increased; increase; cross-sectional; bulk; decreased; reduce; applied; core; 13; strands; dissimilar; material; providing; property; resiliency; stiffness; temperature; applications; ceramic; geometric; configurations; ceramic fiber; /277/
Citation Formats
Bruck, Gerald Joseph, Alvin, Mary Anne, and Smeltzer, Eugene E. Fiber gasket and method of making same. United States: N. p., 2003.
Web.
Bruck, Gerald Joseph, Alvin, Mary Anne, & Smeltzer, Eugene E. Fiber gasket and method of making same. United States.
Bruck, Gerald Joseph, Alvin, Mary Anne, and Smeltzer, Eugene E. Wed .
"Fiber gasket and method of making same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/875005.
@article{osti_875005,
title = {Fiber gasket and method of making same},
author = {Bruck, Gerald Joseph and Alvin, Mary Anne and Smeltzer, Eugene E},
abstractNote = {A gasket (1) is made by repetitively spirally winding a fiber (3) back on itself in a closed path. The gasket (1) so made has a multi-layer spiral winding (1) formed in a loop (5). The fiber (3) can be wound at a constant wrap rate to form a gasket with a uniform cross-section around the loop. Alternatively, the wrap rate can be varied, increased to increase cross-sectional bulk, and decreased to reduce cross-section bulk around the loop (5). Also, the spiral winding (7) can be applied over a core (13) of either strands of the fiber (3) or a dissimilar material providing a desired property such as resiliency, stiffness or others. For high temperature applications, a ceramic fiber (3) can be used. The gasket (1) can have any of various geometric configurations with or without a core (13).},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2003},
month = {1}
}