Sealing system for a surface treatment machine
AssigneeCaterpillar Paving Products Inc.
InventorsBrian SCHLENKER, Dustin SONDREAL, Jason MUIR, Dario SANSONE, Roger HEDLUND
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Abstract
A seal system for a rotor assembly of a surface treatment machine includes a rotatable rotor assembly shell including surface treatment tools extending therefrom, and a stub-shaft located within the shell and fixedly coupled to the shell. The stub-shaft includes a shaft portion and a base portion, with the base portion including a recess. A non-rotatable bearing housing surrounds at least a portion of the shaft portion and has an longitudinally extending inner end located within the recess. A seal member is located in the recess and secured between the bearing housing and the base portion.
Claims20
A seal system for a rotor assembly of a surface treatment machine, comprising:
- a rotatable rotor assembly shell including surface treatment tools extending therefrom;
- a stub-shaft located within the shell and fixedly coupled to the shell, the stub-shaft having a shaft portion and a base portion, the base portion including a recess;
- a non-rotatable bearing housing surrounding at least a portion of the shaft portion and having an longitudinally extending inner end located within the recess;
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- a seal member located in the recess and secured between the bearing housing and the base portion.
A seal system for a rotor assembly of a surface treatment machine, comprising:
- a rotatable rotor assembly shell including surface treatment tools extending therefrom;
- a stub-shaft located within the shell and fixedly coupled to the shell, the stub-shaft having a shaft portion and a base portion, the base portion including a recess;
- a non-rotatable bearing housing surrounding at least a portion of the shaft portion and having a longitudinally extending inner end located within the recess, the longitudinally extending inner end and the recess forming a gap having a plurality of longitudinally extending portions and a plurality of radially extending portion;
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- a seal member located in the gap.
A seal system for a rotor assembly of a surface treatment machine, comprising:
- a rotatable rotor assembly shell including surface treatment tools extending therefrom;
- a stub-shaft located within the shell and fixedly coupled to the shell, the stub-shaft having a shaft portion and a base portion, the base portion including a recess;
- a non-rotatable bearing housing surrounding at least a portion of the shaft portion and having a longitudinally extending inner end located within the recess, the longitudinally extending inner end and the recess forming a gap having a plurality of longitudinally extending portions and a plurality of radially extending portion;
- a seal member located in the recess and secured between the bearing housing and the base portion in one of the plurality of longitudinally extending portions;
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- a sealing configuration located within the rotatable shell at an longitudinally outer end of the rotatable shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.