Device for providing a seal between two parts of an installation
AssigneeMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHans-Jurgen Janich
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Abstract
A sealing device for effecting a seal between two relatively movable members, such device being formed from a single strip of springy metal shaped to form a hollow body from which a pair of parallel mounting legs extend. Between the legs is one part of a reinforcing member having a second part which extends into the body and overlies and spans the bottom thereof. Fasteners secure the mounting legs and the reinforcing member to one of the relatively movable members.
Claims9
A sealing device for effecting a seal between two relatively movable members, said device comprising a hollow body having a pair of substantially parallel, spaced apart side walls joined at corresponding ends by a domed top wall and having a flat bottom wall underlying said top wall and joined to one of said side walls at substantially a right angle, a pair of substantially parallel, spaced apart mounting legs, one of which is joined to the other of said side walls and the other of which is joined to said bottom wall;
- a reinforcing member having a first part interposed between said mounting legs and a second part extending into said body, said second part spanning said bottom wall and having a free end terminating adjacent the juncture of said bottom wall and said one of said side walls;
- and fastening means for securing said mounting legs and said first part of said reinforcing member together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.