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US 2011/0031700 A1Published application
Seal assembly for a pressure plate in a blowout preventer
OwnerDean Footeinventor
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Abstract
A seal assembly for a sealing a pressure plate against an opening in a blowout preventer body, has a seal groove formed in the pressure plate and a seal in the seal groove. The seal groove has a first groove portion adjacent to a sealing face of the blowout preventer, and a second groove portion extending past the sealing face into the opening of the blowout preventer body. The seal has a first seal portion in the first groove portion and a second seal portion in a second groove portion.
Claims6
A seal assembly for a sealing a pressure plate against an opening in a blowout preventer body, comprising:
- a seal groove formed in the pressure plate, the seal groove having a first groove portion adjacent to a sealing face of the blowout preventer, and a second groove portion extending past the sealing face into the opening of the blowout preventer body
- a seal having a first seal portion in the first groove portion and a second seal portion in the second groove portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.