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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011673 | Dynamic seal A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base porti... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7854432 | Dynamic seal A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base porti... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7686308 | Fluid-activated shaft seal Systems and methods associated with a fluid-activated shaft seal are provided. The system includes a housing and a seal disposed relative to the housing. The method reduces flow of a fluid between the shaft and the housing. The method involves installing the housing... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7467797 | Lip-type seal The lip-type seal of the present invention includes a seal ring made of an elastic material so as to have an annular fitted part that is fitted to a housing and a lip part that extends from the fitted part inwardly in a radial direction in the shape of a substantial... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7428912 | Metal valve stem and sealing system A metal valve stem seal and sealing system includes a valve body, a metal valve stem housed within the valve body, a bonnet member housed within the valve body, and a U-shaped metal stem gasket positioned between the metal valve stem and the bonnet member. The gaske... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7399157 | Cooling module arrangement with a sealing element In a cooling module arrangement with a seal element for a motor vehicle having an engine including a cooling fan with a fan housing component connected to the engine and a fan cowl component connected to a radiator of the motor vehicle with a gap provided between th... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7347424 | Shaft seal having integrated removal feature A dynamic shaft seal assembly has inner and outer cases that are clamped together to secure a seal element therebetween for dynamic sealing about a rotatable shaft. The inner case is formed with integral pull tabs that are engageable by a seal removal tool to facili... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341258 | Cammed seal assembly with sealing ring having an angled leg portion and foot portion with elastomeric energizer element A seal assembly seals first and second operational surfaces spaced apart by a gap. The first surface includes a seal groove having a base surface and first and second side surfaces. A sealing element in the seal groove has a foot portion extending parallel to the ba... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7246800 | Sealing mechanism for sealing a vacuum chamber A sealing mechanism comprises a support member forming part of the semiconductor producing apparatus which has a vacuum chamber, a rotation shaft rotatably received in the support member, and at least three seal rings axially spaced apart from each other between the... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7159857 | Multi spring ring A mechanical spring energized sealing device comprising in combination an elastomeric jacket and variety of resilient metallic springs inserted inside one uniform jacket casing, there are variety of energizer springs which are used for different needs in marketplace... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156400 | Slinger and wear sleeve seal assembly A seal assembly provides a rotating portion and a rotationally fixed portion. The rotating portion includes a running sleeve, a slinger segment and an upper seal segment. The slinger segment radially extends outward of the fixed portion so as to protect the fixed po... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147774 | Sliding plate filter with segmented sealing ring A filtration apparatus for use in polymer processing includes a housing having an internal bore for directing polymer flow and a channel oriented transversely to the bore. A slide plate for supporting filters is movable through the channel and across the bore. An an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134669 | Sealing ring A sealing ring has an annular disk with at least one fastening part secured on a first machine part and at least one sealing part that, when the sealing ring is mounted, sealingly rests against a second machine part. The annular disk is fastened without intermediate... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131648 | Seal construction including a compressible spring mechanism for bearing preload A seal assembly adapted for use in creating a seal between an axially extending shaft and a support member. The seal assembly defines an axial passage through which the shaft extends, wherein a bearing assembly is mounted to the support member and includes a station... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111821 | Control valve, in particular plug valve with sealing system The present invention relates to a plug valve comprising a valve body and a shutter that can be actuated, in the form of a segment of a sphere provided with a mobile shaft in rotation and/or translation, said valve also comprising a double-barrier sealing system at ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110827 | Electrical connectors for medical lead having weld-less wiring connection Low resistivity, implantable electrical connectors and biomedical leads having the connectors mechanically coupled in a non-welded attachment to low resistivity wires to extend implanted device battery life. One electrical connector includes an electrically conducti... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090223 | Shaft sealing module for sealing vacuum chambers A shaft sealing module is proposed for sealing a shaft which extends driving rotationally from a normal pressure chamber into a high vacuum chamber. It is essential for the shaft sealing module according to the invention that the dynamic seal of the shaft takes plac... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090222 | Shaft sealing assembly for vacuum processing apparatus Herein disclosed is a shaft sealing apparatus which comprises a vacuum casing formed with a vacuum chamber, a driving shaft having an outer cylindrical surface and movably extending in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum casing, and a sealing ring in the form of an ann... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7077645 | Rotary tubular kiln A longitudinal sealing (20), which, as a rule, extends below the rotating tube (30), is proposed to increase the heating efficiency in a rotary tubular kiln, in which a rotating tube (30) is surrounded, like a bowl, by heating tunnel (32)... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7004477 | Reduced load gasket A gasket is adapted to seal between a first member and a second member, and includes a first portion a second portion. The first portion includes a first elastomeric seal portion adapted to be in sealing engagement with the first member. The first portion may also i... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997461 | High speed high pressure rotary A seal system for use in high speed, high pressure applications including a rigid retainer and a resilient body covering the retainer having pressure balancing control. Reduced clearance of the metal case retainer prevents seal extrusion. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6962373 | Pipe fitting with composite gasket assembly A pipe fitting includes a body having sockets for receiving pipes therein and a composite gasket housed within a circumferential gasket retention housing integral with the socket. The composite gaskets include a V-shaped carrier of relatively stiff plastic having an... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6951337 | Shaft seal with elastic sealing lip A V-ring seal is disclosed for sealing between relatively rotatable surfaces in which the V-ring seal comprises PTFE and includes a body with an inner side for abutting against a first surface and a lip extending from the body towards a second surface, the lip inclu... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6921081 | Annular seal According to the invention a seal—arranged between a radially inwardly facing outer boundary surface of an annular sealing gap and a radially outwardly facing inner boundary surface of the sealing gap—is characterized by a sealing ring having a sealing surface w... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918595 | Seal for high-pressure pumping system A high-pressure pumping system including an energizing seal component having an aperture extending therethrough and a seal jacket component having a base and a toroidally-shaped flared membrane extending from the base. The body and the flared membrane are monolithic... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6905124 | Unitized seal for a gas spring A unitized seal for use in a gas spring seal assembly. The unitized seal includes a rigid thermoplastic insert having an elastomeric sealing layer surrounding the insert and bonded to the insert. The insert provides rigidity to the seal and includes a central, axial... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6860486 | Shaft sealing ring A shaft sealing ring for a shaft comprises a sealing lip made of an elastomeric material or a PTFE compound and dimensioned as to be flaccidly bendable. The flexural elasticity is selected such that it will just be sufficient to press a sealing portion of the sealin... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6789605 | Sealing element for a regenerative heat exchanger Disclosed is an improved sealing element for a regenerative heat exchanging apparatus, such as a Ljungstrom™-type or a Rothemuhle™-type Preheater. The sealing element is mounted to a radial wall to provide a secure seal between the radial wall and an outer housi... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6688603 | Radial shaft sealing ring A radial shaft sealing ring, comprising a sealing member made of plastics, especially PTFE compound material, and including a sealing lip which has a portion in sealing engagement with the surface of a shaft towards the medium side is characterized in tha... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6663109 | Rotating fluid seal A rotating seal assembly, comprising: a first member having a circular hole passing therethrough; a second member having a circular shape, the second member being positioned such that an annular gap is present between the first and second members; a conta... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6648336 | Multi-function seal assembly for rotating shafts A seal system is provided for a bearing. The bearing includes a housing having two sides and a bearing element disposed within the housing. The bearing element is disposed to facilitate motion of a rotating shaft. The seal system includes a seal carrier w... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6607197 | Rotary seal with relief angle for controlled tipping A sealing device for sealing the gap between two relatively moving members is provided with a pivot point on its cross-sectional perimeter. As pressure against the seal increases, the seal rotates about the pivot point, resulting in an increased sealing s... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6557857 | Radial lip seal A radial lip seal for sealably mounting within a split circular seal housing includes a seal body having a channel disposed along a seal body outside diameter. The radial split seal includes an annular seal body which is divided into at least two substant... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6547250 | Seal assembly with two sealing mechanisms for providing static and dynamic sealing A seal assembly for providing sealing between a movable cylindrical body and a housing body comprises separate sealing mechanisms for providing static and dynamic sealing. The seal assembly is associated in fixed relationship with either the cylindrical b... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6497415 | Elastomer energized rod seal The present seal system is in two parts. First is that of an elastomer energizer, which may be in the shape of a square ring, o-ring, or an other custom design for energizing the seal system. Second is that of a seal element having a particular geometry a... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6435516 | Neck seal with v-groove spring An improved neck seal having an interior surface being concave throughout and shaped to entirely conform to the circumference of a roll surface of a roll. The concave surface further defines the interior side of an oil-side lip extending upwards from the ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6419236 | Springclip ring This invention describes a seal ring which is consisted of a spiral spring wire acting as an expander device where in turn is inserted inside a C and or U shaped jacket made of a softer material such as elastomer or teflon in such a manner that forces the... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6267383 | V-shaped seal with anti-extrusion section A sealing-device having a body section and an anti-extrusion section is shown, the body section being disposed on top of the anti-extrusion section. The body section includes sealing surfaces for enclosures in which the sealing device is located. the anti... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6161834 | Pressure energized seal A seal is provided for an offshore fluid swivel to seal a gap passage (34) leading from a transfer chamber (20) to the environment, which uses pressured fluid to apply a variable pressure that pushes the seal tightly against a sealed surface (52) on one s... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6047970 | Rod scraper A rod scraper for hydraulic cylinders and the like is disclosed which includes an elastomeric ring member having an inner surface defining a central aperture adapted for receiving a rod for axial movement relative thereto, the inner surface including a sc... | 04/11/2000 |
