Method of producing a packing ring
AssigneeRubber-en Kunststoffabriek ENBI B.V.
InventorPieter J. Lock
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Abstract
In order to produce a packing ring having a stiffening ring by a method which dispenses with the use of a complicated and expensive mold, an extrusion having the desired cross-section of the packing ring and having a cavity, extending in the extrusion direction, for the reception of the stiffening ring is firstly produced. The extruded material cut to length in accordance with the desired circumference of the packing ring is slipped onto a wire which is similarly cut to length and bent into a circle. The ends of the extruded material are pushed back while the ends of the wire are welded together, so that a closed stiffening ring is produced. Then the material ends are joined together and are bonded or vulcanized to one another.
Claims3
The method of producing an annular or other configuration packing ring which comprises the steps of forming a length of elastomeric material having uniform cross-sectional configuration corresponding to the desired cross-section of the packing ring, said length corresponding substantially to the circumferential extent of said ring, said length including a lengthwisely extending cavity, providing a length of wire corresponding generally to the length of the cavity in said length of elastomeric material, said wire being relatively rigid as compared to said elastomeric material and having cross-sectional configuration sized to be intimately received in said cavity, bending said wire to a desired configuration, thereafter introducing said wire into said cavity, to thereby cause said length of elastomeric material to be deformed into said annular or other configuration, causing the free ends of said wire to be mutually interconnected and thereafter causing the free ends of said length of elastomeric material to be juxtaposed in abutting relation.
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