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US 2026/0243350 A1Published application
Seal assembly for build tanks
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorStefan Olausson
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Abstract
A build tank includes a tank wall including an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, a movable table including an outer edge, and a seal assembly provided between the inner surface of the tank wall and the outer edge of the movable table, the seal assembly including a spring plate including a plurality of springs contacting the outer edge of the movable table and a rope seal provided between the spring plate and the inner surface of the tank wall and contacting the inner surface of the tank wall.
Claims20
A build tank comprising:
- a tank wall including an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface;
- a movable table including an outer edge;
- and
- a seal assembly provided between the inner surface of the tank wall and the outer edge of the movable table, the seal assembly comprising:
- a spring plate including a plurality of springs contacting the outer edge of the movable table;
- and
- a rope seal provided between the spring plate and the inner surface of the tank wall and contacting the inner surface of the tank wall.
4 more elements
A build tank comprising:
- a tank wall including an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface;
- a movable table including an outer edge;
- and
- a seal assembly provided between the inner surface of the tank wall and the outer edge of the movable table, the seal assembly comprising:
- a piston ring;
- and
- a rope seal provided between the piston ring and the inner surface of the tank wall and contacting the inner surface of the tank wall.
4 more elements
A seal assembly comprising:
- a spring plate including a plurality of springs, the spring plate includes a body having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface, the plurality of springs extend from the body in a direction away from the outer surface of the body;
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- a rope seal provided adjacent the spring plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.