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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311182 | Sealing and guiding packet To make a sealing and guiding packet available to shock dampers in order to minimize or even entirely prevent the negative effects of the so-called stick-slip effect and thus permit greater riding comfort, a sealing and guiding packet is proposed which comprises the... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7270875 | Gland packing A gland packing characterized in that a water swelling mineral is stuck or impregnated into a surface or an inner part of a gland packing base material. The water swelling mineral is preferably water swelling mica. This gland packing substantially eliminates seizing... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255353 | Flexible graphite sealing joint with metal jacket for high temperature The seal can be used at high temperature. It is composed of a central flexible graphite core (10) maintained in its shape by two metal cups (12) that do not touch. It is all surrounded by a tight sheath (15) enabling the flexible core (10... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7121554 | High-pressure sealing In a high-pressure cylinder with an axial plunger, a seal assembly for scaling the gap between the cylinder wall and the plunger. The assembly is disposed in an annual recess in the wall having an open end and a bottom opposite thereto, and comprises a plunger-seali... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6354566 | Live loaded valve stem packing with shape memory alloy option Live loaded valve stem packing wherein grafoil packing is molded into a metal cap that prevents extrusion of the packing, and has live loading built into the metal cap. This metal cap can be conventional flat spring materials (17-7PH S.S. or 302 S.S.) or ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 5803464 | Gland packing The present invention relates to a gland packing which is made of a material configured by laminating an expanded graphite tape into a spiral shape by winding. The gland packing can prevent penetration leak-age through minute gaps existing in the laminate... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5615896 | Rubber encapsulated vee ring seal A seal ring and a stack of seal are disclosed wherein each seal has a knitted mesh section substantially surrounded by an outer coating covering substantially all of the knitted wire mesh section, the coating forming raised sealing surfaces to form interf... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5609708 | Method of making a seal for shafts and valve stems A packing material having a resilient core and a uniform non-seamed exterior surface comprising a plurality of discrete compressible particles attached to the flexible core and to each other, the particles being compressed after attachment. The method com... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5605341 | Knitting yarn for gland packing and gland packing made from the knitting yarn A knitting yarn for gland packing according to the present invention has a composite structure comprising: a string-like body formed by folding an expanded graphite tape in the widthwise direction thereof thus forming folded layers; a first reinforcing me... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5549306 | Knitting yarn for gland packing and gland packing made of said knitting yarn A knitting yarn for gland packing according to the present invention has a composite structure comprising: a string-like body formed by folding an expanded graphite tape in the widthwise direction thereof, thus forming folded layers; a first reinforcing m... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5540451 | Composite sealing material In a composite sealing material having an inner portion and a carbon outer portion, a bulk density of the carbon outer portion is set in a range of 0.3~2.0 g/cm3, preferably in a range of 0.5~1.5 g/cm3, or fiber members are mixed in ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5301960 | Improved spirally-formed seal for shafts and valve stems A packing material for formation of a seal for a rotary or reciprocating shaft is disclosed wherein a core element is enveloped by a sheet of expanded graphite material. The core element is preferably formed of a wire mesh and solid graphite. The envelopi... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5240769 | Packing material and packing made of the same This invention relates to a packing used in sealing two members. As the packing material, by using a material having the surface of a flexible graphite sheet cut to a width of less than 5 mm with fibers, or a material prepared by laminating a flexible gra... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5225262 | Braided high-temperature packing comprising a core of folded flexible graphite sheet A high temperature, high pressure resistant packing (e.g., for the packing gland of a valve stem) has a core of density 1.3-1.6 gm/cc that includes a plurality of strands, each strand including a flexible graphite tape, longitudinally corrugated and folde... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5160773 | Encapsulated felt A sealing material of polytetrafluoroethylene felt is encapsulated by a polytetrafluoroethylene sheet coated with a thermoplastic fluoropolymer.... | 11/03/1992 |
| 4949620 | Edge-reinforced packing for use in steam service Edge-reinforced packing is provided for steam service, with wire-reinforced secondary yarns on carriers driven along one or more diagonal tracks of a braiding machine to provide edge-reinforcing which reduces valve stem abrasion while providing sufficient... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4796351 | Gaskets An annealed, high tensile strength, heat hardenable metal strip is shaped into a spiral wound gasket profile prior to heat treating the strip to harden it and then winding it with a strip of sealing material into a spiral wound gasket.... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4705722 | Gland packing A gland packing having increased compressibility, increased allowable limit of twist, increased tensile strength, and excellent serviceability and versatility characteristics is disclosed which comprises a plurality of flexible graphite sheets cut to a wi... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4559862 | Packing material A packing material comprises glass or other inorganic fibers in combination with organic fibers such as sintered polytetrafluoroethylene (TFE) or other selected fibers with or without an impregnant, a preferred impregnant being a lubricant with a binder. ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4524982 | Seal for aggressive environments A seal able to withstand high temperature, high pressure, corrosive environments including a ring-shaped core comprising an elastomer-impregnated asbestos yarn winding, and an elastomer-impregnated asbestos yarn helical winding surrounding and extending a... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4356997 | Flow control mechanism for high pressure wells A flow control mechanism for high pressure wells comprises a body structure having inlet and outlet passages and adapted for connection to a wellhead in such manner that a metering device meters the flow of production fluid through the inlet and outlet pa... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4333380 | Method for making braided packing A braided packing comprises a plurality of outer core strands, braided together with a plurality of braid strands, the outer core strands extending helically along said packing and forming with the braid strands a braid having a normal twist extending hel... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4256011 | Braided packing and method and apparatus for making packing A braided packing comprises a plurality of outer core strands, braided together with a plurality of braid strands, the outer core strands extending helically along said packing and forming with the braid strands a braid having a normal twist extending hel... | 03/17/1981 |
