Removable protective lip on a wiping element
AssigneeTrelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
InventorSebastian Reiner
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Abstract
A wiping element made of a rubber-elastic or ductile-elastic material for the protection of components mobile against one another, wherein at least one wiping lip (2) is provided on a wiping ring (1). The wiping element has a protective lip (4), which is or can be fixed in a detachable fashion to the wiping ring (1). In a wiper arrangement (10), the wiping ring (1) is arranged position-stable on a first component and lies with the wiping lip (2) and the protective lip (4) adjacent to a second component. With the use of such a wiper arrangement (10) for the painting of components mobile against one another, at least one component is painted in the fixed state of the protective lip (4) and the protective lip (4) is then detached from the wiping ring (1).
Claims14
A wiping element made from a rubber-elastic or ductile-elastic material for the protection of a first outer and a second inner component, the first and the second components being mobile with respect to one another, the wiping element comprising:
- a wiping ring having at least one wiping lip, said wiping ring extending in a closed annular fashion about said second inner component, said wiping ring structured and dimensioned to be held within an annular groove fashioned in the first outer component and to seat on an outer surface of the second inner component, thereby sealing a gap between the first and the second components;
- a protective lip directly attached to said wiping ring in a detachable fashion at an attachment location;
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- at least one grip or strap attached to and extending radially outward from said protective lip, away from said attachment location, said grip or strap disposed, structured and dimensioned to be grasped and pulled for removing said protective lip from said wiping ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.