IP Library Granted Patent US 7,866,669
Granted Patent B2
US 7,866,669 · App. 11/662,997 · Granted Jan 11, 2011

Composite sealing material

Assignee: Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,866,669
App. No.
11/662,997
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

When the composite sealing material is press-fitted, the swelled portion of the first sealing portion of a first sealing member is press-fitted to impart sealing ability, the second extended portion of a second sealing member is pressed to the opening portion side of a sealing groove through the first extended portion of the first sealing member, and the upper surface of the second sealing portion is press-fitted to impart sealing ability.

Claims (22)

1. A composite sealing material to be installed in a sealing groove, comprising:

a first sealing member, which is located on one side wall side of the sealing groove in the case in which the composite sealing material is installed in the sealing groove, and

a second sealing member, which is located on the other side wall side of the sealing groove in the case in which the composite sealing material is installed in the sealing groove,

wherein the first sealing member is made of an elastic member,

the second sealing member is made of a synthetic resin material that is harder than the first sealing member,

the first sealing member is provided with a first sealing member body and a first sealing portion provided with a swelled portion swelling externally from an opening portion of the sealing groove, the swelled portion of the first sealing portion of the first sealing member swelling in a curved face shape to the opening portion side of the sealing groove,

the second sealing member is provided with a second sealing member body and a second sealing portion located on the opening portion side of the sealing groove as compared with the second sealing member body,

the second sealing portion of the second sealing member is provided with a second extended portion extending to the first sealing member side,

the first sealing member body is provided with a first extended portion extending to the bottom portion side of a sealing groove side of the second extended portion of the second sealing member, the bottom face on the sealing groove side of the first sealing member body defines a planar surface, the planar surface is configured to contact a bottom portion side of the sealing groove,

in the case in which the composite sealing material is press-fitted, the swelled portion of the first sealing portion of the first sealing member is press-fitted to impart sealing ability, and

the second extended portion of the second sealing member is pressed to the opening portion side of the sealing groove through the first extended portion of the first sealing member, and an upper face edge portion of the second sealing portion is press-fitted to impart sealing ability.

2. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first extended portion of the first sealing member and the second extended portion of the second sealing member come into contact with each other at a flat face almost parallel to the bottom portion of the sealing groove.

3. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first extended portion of the first sealing member and the second extended portion of the second sealing member come into contact with each other at a tapered face in which a diameter becomes smaller as it is closer to the bottom portion of the sealing groove.

4. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second sealing member body is provided with a bottom extended portion extending to the first sealing member side at the bottom portion side of the sealing groove.

5. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein an edge face of the first sealing member body on one side wall side of the sealing groove is a tapered face in which a diameter becomes smaller as it is closer to the bottom portion of the sealing groove.

6. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein the sealing groove is a dove tail groove in which a width of the bottom portion side of the sealing groove is larger than a width of the opening portion side of the sealing groove.

7. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein the sealing groove has a cross section in an almost rectangular shape in which a width of the bottom portion side of the sealing groove and a width of the opening portion side of the sealing groove are almost equivalent to each other.

8. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first sealing member is made of a rubber.

9. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 8 , wherein the rubber forming the first sealing member is a fluorocarbon rubber.

10. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein a synthetic resin forming the second sealing member is made of at least one kind of synthetic resin selected from a fluorocarbon resin, a polyimide resin, a polyamideimide resin, a polyetherimide resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, a polybenzimidazole resin, and a polyether ketone resin.

11. The composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 , wherein a seal height L 3 of the first sealing member and a seal height L 5 of the second sealing member are set in such a manner that a squeeze ratio of L 3 is equivalent to or larger than a squeeze ratio of L 5 , wherein a squeeze ratio is calculated by the expression of (seal height−groove depth L 4 )/seal height×100.

12. A sealing apparatus, wherein the composite sealing material as defined in claim 1 is installed in a sealing groove.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 21, 2019
From: NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: VALQUA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048390/0311 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021194 FRAME 0228. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST. Recorded Nov 11, 2008
From: NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021805/0560 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jul 7, 2008
From: NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021194/0228 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2007
From: KOBAYASHI, YUKIO; MURAMATSU, AKIRA
To: NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019080/0500 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-271703 · Sep 17, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080018058A1 · Jan 24, 2008