Sealing arrangement with annular flexible disc

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:864469

Pennell, William E ^[1]; Honigsberg, Charles A ^[2]

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1. Greensburg, PA
2. Monroeville, PA

Fluid sealing arrangements including an annular shaped flexible disc having enlarged edges disposed within channel-shaped annular receptacles which are spaced from one another. The receptacles form an annular region for contacting and containing the enlarged edges of the disc, and the disc is preloaded to a conical configuration. The disc is flexibly and movably supported within the receptacles so that unevenly distributed relative motion between the components containing the receptacles is accommodated without loss of sealing contact between the edges of the disc and the walls of the receptacles.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-15-2395
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4369893
• OSTI ID: 864469
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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