Collapsable seal member

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:875258

Sherrell, Dennis L. ^[1]

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1. Kennewick, WA

A hollow, collapsable seal member normally disposed in a natural expanded state offering fail-safe pressure sealing against a seating surface and adapted to be evacuated by a vacuum force for collapsing the seal member to disengage the same from said seating surface.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): H000814
• Application Number: 06/559506
• OSTI ID: 875258
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1983 Dec 08
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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pressure
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seating
surface
adapted
evacuated
vacuum
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collapsing
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seating surface
vacuum force
normally disposed
collapsable seal
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