PATENTS Bearing seal Applicant: Schaeffler KG, Germany This patent describes a bearing seal with an excluder lip. A ventilation passage is provided to vent the volume between the two seal lips to atmosphere. A variety of excluder lip configurations are illustrated, and in some examples
Gasket for refrigerator cabinets with high heat insulation properties it appears that the lip may not be continuous. Patent number: WO 2006/099835 Inventors: W. Walter, A. Häpp and B. Wilm Publication date: 28 September 2006
Applicant: Industrie Ilpea SpA, Italy This gasket for refrigerator cabinets has a compressible bellows section for sealing against the cabinet, and a base section which is designed to be assembled onto the door before
it is filled with the insulation. Subsequently the insulation material fills the base portion of the seal. Patent number: WO 2006/079650 Inventors: A. Merla, P.P. Ferrante and M.G. Mentasti Publication date: 3 August 2006
The refrigerator door gasket that is partially retained by the insulation foam, from WO 2006/079650.
Bearing seal with a vented excluder lip, from WO 2006/099835.
Hermetic seal for optical fibres Applicant: Honeywell International Inc, USA
Magnetic slot seal Applicant: Siemens AG, Germany This invention relates to a seal that is designed to seal the conductor slots in an electrical machine. After the conductor assembly has been fitted to the slot, a pre-fabricated seal is placed in the slot to seal the slot opening. The seal material is a thermoplastic polymer with magnetic filler. The seal
geometry is designed such that it will wedge into the slot. A number of alternatives are illustrated in the patent. Patent number: WO 2006/100291 Inventors: B. Klaussner and A. Mäurer Publication date: 28 September 2006
This patent describes a feedthrough for use with fibre optic cables. It is designed to overcome the problems associated with using a fibre optic connection for penetration into a pressure vessel. Conventionally, this is accomplished by including a sealing device in the optical circuit that comprises a length of optical fibre sealed into a ferrule, or body, that is in turn sealed to the wall of the pressure vessel. If the optical fibers of the sealing device and the other components of the optical circuit are not substantially identical, the
intensity, polarization state or relative phase of the transmitted light may be degraded. Other problems include the component and labour costs, plus the relative size of the fitting, which may limit the number of fibres that can be used. The ferrule arrangement is designed to provide a seal and restrain the cable without creating undue stress that could compress, distort or damage the fibre optic core. Patent number: WO 2006/104739 Inventors: M.A. Olson, E.S. Heringer and C.H. Lange Publication date: 5 October 2006
Threaded joint for steel pipes
Example of the magnetic slot seal for protecting the conductors in electrical machinery, from WO 2006/100291.
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Applicants: Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd, Japan and Vallourec Mannesmann Oil & Gas, France This patent describes a threaded metal such as lead. The outer layer joint for steel pipes for use in an of the lubricant has a dry solid oil well which has improved gall- coating formed from an aqueous ing resistance and which is pro- resin composition, an organic soltected from rusting. The contact vent type coating or an ultraviolet surface of the joint has a lower curing composition. layer of a viscous liquid or semi- Patent number: WO 2006/104251 solid lubricant coating which does Inventors: K. Goto and R. Imai not contain any harmful heavy Publication date: 5 October 2006
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