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US 2014/0369821 A1Published application
Earth and/or sealing assembly for electric motors
AssigneePope Electric Motors Pty Ltd
InventorPeter Finck
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shaft earth and/or sealing assembly for use with housed rotating equipment such as electric motors to earth the shaft and also provide an IP69K-rated seal that is flame and spark resistant.
Claims13
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A sealing assembly for an electric motor having a rotatable drive shaft, a housing and at least one bearing, said sealing assembly including:
- a bearing cap associated with said at least one bearing and mounted to an end of said motor housing, said bearing cap accommodating a slinger in contact with said shaft, the slinger being rotatable together with said shaft;
- a slinger cover disposed on an outer end of said bearing cap, the slinger cover defining a chamber between the slinger cover and the slinger, said slinger cover and slinger including axially extending, close tolerance surfaces forming a labyrinth between an exterior of the slinger cover and inside said chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.