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US 4,572,522 AGranted
Interlocking sectional gasket assembly and method of making same
AssigneeFelt Products Mfg. Co.
InventorLeonard J. Smagatz
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AssigneeFelt Products Mfg. Co.
InventorLeonard J. Smagatz
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A sectional gasket assembly and method of making same from at least two elongated gasket sections. Each gasket section has a first connecting element at one end and a second connecting element at the second end. The first end has a first button and a first opening of a given configuration and serving as the first connecting element. The second end has a second button and a second opening of the same configuration serving as the second connecting element. The first end is adapted to be juxtaposed and sealingly mated with an end of a second elongated gasket section to provide a sealed joint thereat. Each juxtaposed opening and button is press-fit to enhance the seal. When the buttons and openings at each end of the gasket section are formed on the same surface of the gasket section, pairs of first openings and buttons may be juxtaposed in complementary fashion, and when the gasket sections are curved or L-shaped, plural pairs of joined gasket sections may be assembled to form an annular gasket assembly.
A sectional gasket assembly made of at least two gasket sections, each said section having a first end providing a first connecting element of a given configuration and including a first button and a first opening, and having a second end providing a second connecting element of the same configuration and including a second button and a second opening, the first button and first opening of a first gasket section being juxtaposed and adapted to sealingly mate respectively with an opening and button of a second gasket section to provide a sealed joint thereat.
A sectional gasket assembly made of four gasket sections, said gasket assembly being differently symmetrical about each of an X-axis and a Y-axis, each said section having a first end providing a first connecting element of a given configuration and including a first button and a first opening and having a second end providing a second connecting element of the same configuration and including a second button and a second opening, the first button and first opening of a first gasket section being juxtaposed and adapted to sealingly mate respectively with an opening and button of a connecting element of a second gasket section to provide a sealed joint thereat, and the second button and second opening of a first gasket section being juxtaposed and adapted to sealingly mate with an opening and a button of a connecting section of a third gasket section to provide a sealed joint thereat.
A method of making a sectional gasket assembly made of plural gasket sections comprising the steps of providing at least two gasket sections, each said section having a first end providing a first connecting element of a given configuration and including a first button and a first opening, and having a second end providing a second connecting element of the same configuration and including a second button and a second opening, juxtaposing and sealingly mating the first button and first opening of a first gasket section respectively with an opening and button of a second gasket section, thereby to form a gasket assembly and to form a sealed joint thereat.
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