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.
Claims13
A method of forming a unitary packing cartridge from a plurality of packing components configured for subsequent installation in a fluid regulating device, comprising
- placing a plurality of individual braided packing components in a stacked manner in a die tool assembly,
- compressing the plurality of braided packing components in a first direction,
- compressing the plurality of braided packing components in a second direction opposite the first direction to form the unitary packing cartridge, wherein in the unitary packing cartridge the plurality of braided packing components are mechanically linked together via compression, and
- removing the unitary packing cartridge from the die tool assembly as a unitary assembly, wherein the unitary assembly is configured for subsequent installation within the fluid regulating device.
A method of forming a unitary packing cartridge from a plurality of braided packing components, comprising
- placing a plurality of individual braided packing components in a stacked manner in a die tool assembly,
- compressing the plurality of braided packing components in a first direction,
- orienting the die tool assembly to compress the plurality of braided packing components in a second direction opposite to the first direction to form the unitary packing cartridge, wherein in the unitary packing cartridge the plurality of braided packing components are mechanically linked together, and
- removing the unitary slip packing cartridge from the die tool assembly as a unitary assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.