Cantilever spring seals for gas isolators
AssigneeWES Technology Inc.
InventorAnton F. Squirrell
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Abstract
A seal for a gas isolator comprises a cantilever leaf spring (1) attached to a fixed frame or a movable member (2) of the isolator, and a bias spring (3) acting on the leaf spring, and a bar (4) disposed below the seal for clamping and supporting the latter, characterized by at least one additional damping element which will usually comprise a further leaf spring (7), and characterized in that the clamping/support bar (4) is of reduced width.
Claims7
A seal for a gas isolator, comprising a cantilever leaf spring to be attached to an isolator component selected from a fixed frame or a movable member of the isolator, a bias spring acting on the cantilever leaf spring, a clamping/support bar disposed below the seal for clamping and supporting the seal, at least one additional damping element which is clamped between the cantilever leaf spring and said isolator component, and a bias spring clamping bar to clamp the bias spring, said bias spring clamping bar being located on the opposite side of said isolator component from the clamping/support bar, and the clamping/support bar being of a width not greater than the width of the bias spring clamping bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.