Peripheral sealing gland for elongate objects passing through a surface or beyond a pipe end
OwnerAndrew Leo Haynesinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a peripheral sealing gland to form a seal, between an elongate member and a substantially flat surface. The gland has an at least in part tapered skirt or frustoconical shaped skirt through which the elongate member is to pass and defining at the upper periphery of the skirt and deformable upper seal to deform about and seal to a periphery of said elongate member. A flange depends from the lower periphery of the skirt including on its outward from the skirt presented surface, at least one endless lip to seal when brought into contact, against said substantially flat surface. A compression ring is able to bear on said flange, to be fastened to said substantially flat surface to capture the flange therebetween.
Claims12
A peripheral sealing gland to form a seal, between an elongate member and a substantially flat surface having an aperture into which said elongate member extends, said peripheral sealing gland comprising;
- an at least in part frustoconical shaped skirt through which said elongate member is to pass and defining at an upper periphery of the skirt, a deformable upper seal configured to deform about and form a first seal to a periphery of said elongate member,
- a flange having an outer surface and an inner surface and a radially outer edge, the flange depending from a lower periphery of said skirt, and the flange including two or more concentrically arranged endless lip seals extending from the inner surface, and having a plurality of flange apertures disposed entirely between consecutive ones of said lip seals;
- said skirt and said flange being integrally formed;
- a substantially rigid ring having a plurality of ring apertures, said ring apertures corresponding to, and co-locatable with, at least some of said flange apertures, said rigid ring able to bear on said outer surface of said flange without substantial deformation, so as to apply a substantially consistent pressure to said endless lip seals to form a second seal against said flat surface when said rigid ring is fastened to said substantially flat surface by fasteners to capture the flange therebetween;
- said skirt having, toward said flange, a retention flange forming a circumferential pocket to removably receive said rigid ring and to permit adjustment of said rigid ring relative to said flange to co-locate said flange apertures with said ring apertures;
- wherein a diameter of said flange apertures is smaller than a diameter of said ring apertures, so that said flange is configured to form, at said flange apertures, a third seal against said fasteners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.