# US 4,398,728 A · Pressure seal structure and pressure sealed transfer mechanism

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- Number: US 4,398,728 A
- Document ID: US4398728A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/270,101
- Filed: 1981-06-03
- Granted: 1983-08-16
- Earliest claimed: 1980-06-10
- Assignees: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
- Inventors: Hiromu Sukegawa; Yoshiaki Tomisawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4398728A

## CPC

- F16J 15/168: {which permits material to be continuously conveyed}
- H05K 3/022: {Processes for manufacturing precursors of printed circuits, i.e. copper-clad substrates}
- Y10S 277/906: Seal for article of indefinite length, e.g. strip, sheet
- F16J: PISTONS {(specially adapted for dampers F16F9/32)}; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A seal structure for pressure sealing between a fixed member and a movable member. The seal structure is made of a flexible seal member formed with two opposite edges, one edge being fixed to the fixed member, while the other edge lies against and contacts the movable member. A free part of the flexible seal member between the two edges thereof is generally bent around, as seen from the free part of the flexible seal member closest to its fixed edge looking towards its free part closest to its contact edge. A first space is defined on the generally concave side of the flexible seal member, and a second space is defined on the generally convex side of the flexible seal member. A higher fluid pressure present in the first space presses the contact edge of the flexible seal member firmly against the movable member. A pressure sealed transfer mechanism including two rollers in contact with one another, and two such seal structures, for transferring a sheet between a higher pressure space and a lower pressure space, is also described.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pressure sealed transfer mechanism for transferring a sheet between an outside space of said transfer mechanism containing a fluid at a higher pressure and an inside space of said transfer mechanism containing a fluid at a lower pressure, comprising;
two rollers, whose central rotational axes extend generally parallel to one another, and which are in sealing contact along a line which is a generatrix of both of them; and
two sealing structures, one corresponding to each one of said rollers, each said seal structure comprising:
a fixed member which extends generally parallel to said one roller; and
a flexible seal member, extending generally parallel to said one roller and said fixed member, formed with two opposite edges also extending generally parallel to said one roller and said fixed member, one of said two edges being sealing fixed to said fixed member, and the other of said two edges lying against and sealingly contacting said one roller generally along a generatrix thereof, a free part of said flexible seal member between said two edges thereof being generally bent so that said outside space is defined on the generally concave sides of said flexible seal members and said inside space is defined on the generally convex sides of said flexible seal members;
whereby the higher fluid pressure present in said outside spaces presses said contact edges of said flexible seal members firmly against said rollers.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A pressure sealed transfer mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said flexible seal members both are formed of polyester film.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A pressure sealed transfer mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said flexible seal members both are formed of polytetrafluoroethylene sheet.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A pressure sealed transfer mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said flexible seal members both are formed of aluminium vapor deposited polyester film.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A pressure sealed transfer mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said flexible seal members both are formed of plastic sheet.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A pressure sealed transfer mechanism according to claim 1, wherein said flexible seal members both are formed of a composite material made up of a metallic film and a plastic material.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A pressure sealed transfer mechanism according to claim 1 wherein each of the seal structures operatively cooperate with the respective rollers on the opposite sides of said rollers from the point where said rollers are in sealing contact with each other.