Sealing means for rotary vessels
AssigneeHead Wrightson & Company Limited
InventorsAllon C. Day, John G. Hogan
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Abstract
In or for a large diameter rotary vessel having an end which projects into or through a stationary hood, a sealing arrangement comprising a wear ring surrounding the vessel, a sealing ring operatively associated with the wear ring, the sealing ring being mounted on a back-up ring surrounding the vessel and depending from the stationary hood, and means for applying constant pressure between the interfaces of the sealing ring and the wear ring.
Claims12
A sealing arrangement comprising in combination a large diameter hollow rotary member having an end projecting into an apertured stationary member, said sealing arrangement including a sealing ring encircling said hollow member end, a back-up ring supporting said sealing ring, means for supporting said back-up ring from said stationary member for axial movement of said back-up ring relative to said rotary member end, a wear ring surrounding said rotary member end and being carried thereby, means for applying constant pressure to said back-up ring to urge the latter axially such that contacting interfaces of said wear ring and sealing ring are at all times held in sealing contact during relative rotation of said members, and said back-up ring is supported by means of pivotally mounted supported links attached to brackets secured to said stationary member.
A sealing arrangement comprising in combination a large diameter hollow rotary member having an end projecting into an apertured stationary member, said sealing arrangement including a sealing ring encircling said hollow member end, a back-up ring supporting said sealing ring, means for supporting said back-up ring from said stationary member for axial movement of said back-up ring relative to said rotary member end, a wear ring surrounding said rotary member end and being carried thereby, means for applying constant pressure to said back-up ring to urge the latter axially such that contacting interfaces of said wear ring and sealing ring are at all times held in sealing contact during relative rotation of said members, and the means for applying constant pressure between said interfaces of said back-up ring and said wear ring comprise a plurality of circumferentially spaced bellcrank levers, each of said levers being supported on a bracket secured to said stationary member, a pulley mounted on one arm of each of said bellcrank levers, an endless tension wire positioned over said pulleys, and means for applying constant tension to the ends of said tension wire to urge the other arm of each of said bellcrank levers into pressure contact with said back-up ring.
A sealing arrangement comprising in combination a large diameter hollow rotary member having an end projecting into an apertured stationary member, said sealing arrangement including a sealing ring encircling said hollow member end, a back-up ring supporting said sealing ring, pivot and linkage means for supporting said back-up ring from said stationary member for axial movement of said back-up ring relative to said rotary member end, a wear ring surrounding said rotary member end and being carried thereby, and means for applying constant pressure to said back-up ring to urge the latter axially such that contacting interfaces of said wear ring and sealing ring are at all times held in sealing contact during relative rotation of said members.
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