Packing material cartridge
AssigneeA.W. Chesterton Company
InventorsPhilip Michael MAHONEY, JR., Albert P. FLAHERTY, Gregory A. COLE
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Abstract
A method of forming a packing cartridge from a plurality of packing components comprising placing a plurality of individual packing components in a stacked manner in a die tool assembly and compressing the plurality of packing components in opposite directions to form the packing cartridge. The plurality of packing components forming the packing cartridge are mechanically linked together.
Claims17
A method of forming a packing cartridge from a plurality of packing components, comprising
- placing a plurality of individual packing components in a stacked manner in a die tool assembly,
- compressing the plurality of packing components in a first direction,
- compressing the plurality of packing components in a second direction opposite the first direction to form the packing cartridge, wherein in the packing cartridge the plurality of packing components are mechanically linked together, and
- removing the packing cartridge from the die tool assembly as a unitary assembly.
A method of forming a packing cartridge from a plurality of packing components, comprising
- placing a plurality of individual packing components in a stacked manner in a die tool assembly,
- compressing the plurality of packing components in a first direction,
- orienting the die tool assembly to compress the plurality of packing components in a second direction opposite to the first direction to form the packing cartridge, wherein in the packing cartridge the plurality of packing components are mechanically linked together, and
- removing the packing cartridge from the die tool assembly as a unitary assembly.
A packing cartridge suitable for use with a fluid regulating device, comprising a cartridge main body composed of a plurality of packing components that are stacked together to form the packing cartridge, where the packing components are mechanically linked together free of a fastening device or adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.