Device for tensioning a stuffing box packing
AssigneeBHS-Sonthofen GmbH
InventorWolfgang Labisch
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Abstract
Disclosed is a device for tensioning a stuffing box packing which abuts against a superordinate assembly which is to be sealed by the stuffing box packing and which, such as the stuffing box packing, does not belong to the tensioning device. The device comprises a stuffing box gland, which is designed and intended to abut against a free side of the stuffing box packing, and a plurality of tensioning elements, which are designed and intended to press the stuffing box gland against the stuffing box packing and thus the stuffing box packing against the superordinate assembly. A separate motor drive unit is associated with each of the tensioning elements.
Claims19
A device for tensioning a stuffing box packing which abuts against a superordinate assembly which is to be sealed by the stuffing box packing and which, like the stuffing box packing, does not belong to the tensioning device, the device comprising:
- a stuffing box gland, which is designed and intended to abut against a free side of the stuffing box packing;
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- a plurality of tensioning elements which are designed and intended to press the stuffing box gland against the stuffing box packing and thus the stuffing box packing against the superordinate assembly,
- wherein a separate motor drive unit is associated with each of the tensioning elements, and
- wherein at least one of the motor drive units comprises a reduction gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.