Metal laminate gasket with fixing devices

A metal laminate gasket with fixing devices, comprising,

• first and second metal plates extending substantially throughout an entire area to be sealed, said first and second metal plates being piled together for constituting the metal laminate gasket having four side edges,
• four fixing means for connecting the first and second metal plates formed inside the side edges of the metal laminate gasket at portions where sealing ability of the gasket is not affected, each fixing means including a hole formed in the first plate and a bending strip formed in the second plate and located under the hole of the first plate, each bending strip being formed of a part of the second plate and defined by slits in the second plate so that when the first and second plates are assembled, the bending strip extends through the hole of the first plate and is located above the first plate, said four fixing means being situated near different four corners of the gasket and disposed away from each other, said bending strips of the four fixing means being oriented outwardly in four directions different at 90 degrees with each other to thereby immovably connect the first and second plates together, and
• a third metal plate situated between the first and second metal plates and extending substantially throughout an entire area of the gasket, said third metal plate having four holes corresponding to the holes of the first plate and four notches situated adjacent the respective holes, each notch being located under a part of each bending strip located on the first metal plate so that when the gasket is assembled, a part of the first plate is compressed by the bending strip to enter into the notch and the bending strip is disposed in a compressed portion to prevent the bending strip from projecting beyond an outer surface of the first metal plate, said one hole and one notch of the third plate together with the one hole of the first plate and the one bending strip of the second plate consisting said one fixing means.