Abstract:
AN ARRANGEMENT FOR OBTAINING AN ABSOLUTE SEAL BETWEEN AN AXLE OR AXLE UNIT AND AN INNER CYLINDRICAL SURFACE IN A BORE DISPOSED IN A BEARING HOUSING OR THE LIKE COAXIAL WITH THE AXLE, THE AXLE OR THE LIKE AND THE CYLINDRICAL SURFACE BEING PERMITTED TO PERFORM A LIMITED RELATIVE ANGULAR OSCILLATING MOVEMENT. A RESILIENT SEAL RING MADE OF RUBBER OR SIMILAR MATERIAL WHICH HAS A LOW MODULUS OF ELASTICITY IS SO SECURED UNDER SUBJECTION TO RADIAL COMPRESSION FORCES BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS THAT SAID RING AS A RESULT OF ITS PRETENSIONED STATE IS HELD IN ROTATIONALLY STATIONARY ABUTMENT WITH RESPECTIVE ABUTMENT SURFACES IN BEARING HOUSING AND ON THE AXLE UNIT. THE SAEL RING, UPON A PREDETERMINED LIMITED RELATIVE ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF EITHER MEMBER, WILL THEN COMPLETELY TAKE UP SAID ANGULAR MOVEMENT WITH A STRETCH.