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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7291947 | Electric rotating machine with bearing seals Hydrogen gas is circulated to cool an electric rotating machine main body, and brush seals are provided to contact a predetermined position on the outer circumferential surface of a rotating shaft. As a result, contact of a sealing oil and the hydrogen gas, contact ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7252292 | Oil ring for an internal combustion engine An oil ring for an internal combustion engine, comprising a metallic annular body (10) to be mounted around a piston (P) reciprocating inside a cylinder (C) of the engine, said annular body (10) having opposite lateral faces (11), an internal fa... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7147230 | Sealing device and sleeve and holding element for such The sealing device is for drum filters or filter presses to form a seal between the rotary drum end faces and the end faces of the trough in which the rotary drums are situated. A sealing element (3) is disposed in a groove (1) on the rotary drum end f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7017916 | Shaft seal assembly and its associated method of manufacture A system and method of manufacturing improved wear ring assemblies and positive pressure shaft seals. The wear ring assemblies are made from stacked layers of flat metal. Different shaped component parts of the wear ring assemblies are cut from various sheets of met... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6962741 | Press-on tool and method for pressing on a film to adhere to a substrate Press-on tool for pressing on a film to adhere to a substrate. The press-on tool comprises a relatively hard and rigid carrier part with a press-on surface with which, during use, the film can be pressed against the substrate. The intermediate layer comprises a rela... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959930 | Combination oil scrapper ring/gas seal assembly A ring assembly, including a first oil scraper ring, a center oil scraper ring and a gas seal ring, adapted for disposition in a single groove of a packing cup which can be stationarily mounted over and around a reciprocally movable piston rod of a gas compressor. T... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6938710 | Bit head retaining system and method of installing a bit head in a percussion drill A bit head retaining system includes a bit head having an upper end and a working face, and a retention sleeve adapted to be connected to an end of a drill casing and having an internal opening in which at least a portion of the bit head above the working face is di... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935631 | Sheet brush seal A primary technical goal of the present invention is to improve seal performance of a brush seal and to provide flexibility for preventing wear of the brush seal due to friction. The sheet brush seal disk comprises a first halved brush seal disk and a mating second ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6871858 | Shaft sealing apparatus A shaft sealing apparatus is provided which can easily be assembled and arranged to prevent leakage of a dope from an acetylator or the like system. A screw sleeve having a spiral groove provided in the outer side thereof is mounted on rotary shaft adjacent to a loc... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6637753 | Supplemental seal for the chordal hinge seals in a gas turbine In a gas turbine having a chordal hinge seal between an inner rail of each nozzle segment and an annular axially facing sealing surface of a nozzle support ring, a supplemental seal is disposed between the support ring and inner rail of each nozzle segmen... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637751 | Supplemental seal for the chordal hinge seals in a gas turbine In a gas turbine having a chordal hinge seal between an inner rail of each nozzle segment and an annular axially facing sealing surface of a nozzle support ring, a supplemental seal is disposed between the support ring and inner band of the nozzle segment... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6585270 | Hydrogen seal ring having seal at ring intersegment A seal is provided at the intersegments of hydrogen seal rings for preventing oil leakage through this potential gap between the seal ring segments. By minimizing leakage through the gaps between the open rings, hydrogen consumption in hydrogen-cooled gen... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6585271 | Seal member, assembly, and method A seal assembly and method according to which a plurality of seal members are provided, each of which is formed by a strip of material having two interlocking portions. One of the interlocking portion of each seal member interlocks with one interlocking p... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6431550 | Hydrogen seal ring having seal at ring intersegment A seal is provided at the intersegments of hydrogen seal rings for preventing oil leakage through this potential gap between the seal ring segments. By minimizing leakage through the gaps between the open rings, hydrogen consumption in hydrogen-cooled gen... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6145843 | Hydrodynamic lift seal for use with compressible fluids This invention discloses a completely different hydrodynamic gas seal configuration from both the Rayleigh bearing and other prior art. Instead of the shallow, wide, and short single pocket geometry for the Rayleigh bearing, and instead of the multiple de... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5997003 | Annular sealing assembly and methods of sealing Methods and apparatus are described for improved sealing across an annular space between facing sealing surfaces. Methods for mechanically setting and pressure energizing sealing ring assemblies are also described. In one aspect, several sealing ring asse... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5997247 | Seal of stacked thin slabs that slide within reception slots This seal (6) running between gaps (6) between two stator sectors of a gas urbine engine is made up of several thin flexible slabs, capable of sliding one over the other, which gives a better seal.... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5593165 | Circumferential flow channel for carbon seal runner cooling A fluid cooled seal arrangement for a gas turbine engine including a first sealing element coupled to a mechanical housing of the engine, and a second sealing element connected to a shaft rotatable within the housing. The first and second sealing elements... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5516118 | Circumferential hydrodynamic seals for sealing a bidirectionally rotatable member A seal for sealing between a bidirectionally rotating shaft rotatable in the forward and reverse directions and having a sealing surface thereon located in a pressurized housing containing the shaft. A seal ring mounted in the housing for movement toward ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5511795 | Combined segmented and pneumatic seal for drum-type furnaces A sealing medium seal for sealing the rotary drum of a drum-shaped furnace against the stationary charging device and the downstream, stationary discharge chamber, in order to prevent infiltrated air from being drawn into the process space and toxic flue ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5509664 | Segmented hydrodynamic seals for sealing a rotatable shaft A seal for sealing between a rotating shaft and a housing comprising a seal ring formed by a plurality of circumferentially spaced segments mounted for movement toward and away from the shaft and having a high pressure side, a low pressure side, an inner ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5344160 | Shaft sealing of steam turbines A shaft sealing system for a steam turbine includes at the high-pressure inlet end an outer air seal (40 ) and an outer steam seal (42 ) each comprised of segmented circumferential seals and a plurality of labyrinth seals (44, 46, 48). The low-pressure en... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5316318 | Annular brush gasket An annular brush gasket makes it possible to ensure imperviousness between two zones wherein a pressure difference exists between the zones, even when the shaft is moved off center. The body of the gasket is mainly formed of several annular sectors dispos... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5306022 | Shaft seal having capacity for substantial wear A shaft seal comprising a plurality of members which collectively engage the shaft exterior in substantially uninterrupted 360° sealing contact in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the shaft while providing relatively high capacity for wear using nonf... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5301957 | Expanding circumferential seal with upper-cooled runner A circumferential seal arrangement has one or more expanding carbon rings and a rotating runner concentric to and radially outside of the carbon rings. Cooling oil is injected directly onto the outer circumferential surface of the runner and also in the d... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5199721 | Crankshaft seal for an internal combustion engine Crankshaft seal for an internal combustion engine, comprising a die cast metal carrier (1) with a lipped ring of polymeric material which is fastened to the carrier by means of a support piece (2) of sheet metal. The support piece (2) is defined by a radi... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5176389 | Segmented brush seal A segmented brush seal (10) having coaxial annular backing (20) and side (25) plates sandwiching a plurality of tightly packed, circumferentially arrayed bristles (30) which extend radially inwardly at a constant circumferential skew angle, and its method... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5123297 | Lubricant retaining device A resilient sealing device is provided for accommodating tolerance variations between a lubricant holding case and a hub member. The device has a sealing face including deformable lips which are urged toward the hub by a resilient column and deformable le... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5090710 | Brush seals A brush seal assembly for use in a gas turbine, jet engine or the like where a shaft which rotates at very high rates is to be sealed to a housing. The seal assembly has a plurality of brush seal elements each of which comprises a generally arcuate carrie... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5039115 | Seal for a rotating shaft A seal for a rotating shaft is disclosed which seals the shaft as it passes through a stationary partition wall. The seal has a segmented graphite sealing ring extending around the shaft located in an annular recess of a casing attached to the partition w... | 08/13/1991 |
| 4984974 | Screw type vacuum pump with introduced inert gas The screw type vacuum pump comprises a pump casing having a suction inlet and a discharge outlet, and a pair of rotors incorporated within the pump casing and meshing with each other to rotate in synchronized manner. The vacuum pump evacuates a reaction v... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4969652 | Cooled shaft seal A seal between a gas turbine engine casing and a high speed shaft on the casing includes a stationary seal ring bearing on an outside cylindrical wall of an annular flange of a seal runner rotatable with the shaft. The annular flange has an inside cylindr... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4943069 | Shaft seal disposed about a rotatable shaft The present invention provides a segment type seal provided with a seal dam portion and a bearing pad portion, in which a slight difference in level is set in advance between the seal dam portion and the bearing pad portion, and the seal dam portion is br... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4738273 | Apparatus for continuous cooling of elongated elements An assembly of gates is provided at each end of a vat. Two uprights mounted on a lock-chamber floor support respective brackets. Pivoted between the floor and the brackets are gate flaps, the pivot rods of which are fitted in holes in the floor and in the... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4501430 | Means of sealing off the inside of a pulverizer Means of sealing off the inside of a pulverizer, especially a bowl-mill pulverizer that has a horizontal rotating bowl-type grinding ring rigidly connected to a shaft, from the outside atmosphere. The means comprise a barrier-air chamber and ring seals in... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4498558 | Cable lubricating device A lubricating device is provided for greasing wire ropes and cables comprising a diametrally split housing with clamps to close the housing about the cable. Within the housing is a diametrally split core body of hard elastomeric material having an axial b... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4482159 | Stern tube seal device A stern tube seal device wherein an annular case member is arranged in the outer periphery of a shaft, a mechanical seal is arranged in a gap therebetween and at a position at the side of the ship, a limited leaking type seal is arranged at a position at ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4482158 | Stern tube seal device A stern tube seal device wherein an annular case member is arranged in the outer periphery of a shaft, a gap between both the members is sealed in multiple stage by using a plurality of seal members such as a segment seal member, a lip seal member and the... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4449719 | Emergency seal A safety seal for a shaft passing through a housing. The seal is normally maintained in a non-sealing relationship to the shaft, but may be actuated during emergency conditions by levers. The seal includes an annular, split housing having a radially exten... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4408768 | Gap adjusting eccentric pin for articulated seals of rotary kilns A seal for use in sealing an annular opening between a stationary member and a rotating cylinder telescopically arranged in the stationary member, the seal comprising an annular ring member circumscribing the cylinder adjacent the stationary member and cl... | 10/11/1983 |
