Flanged joint

Abstract

Abstract 1. Flange joint having two flanges (12, 14) which in mutually opposing end surfaces each have an annular recess (18, 20) with cylindrical side walls, and having a hollow cylindrical sealing ring (22) whose axial ends taper in the manner of a wedge, which engages in a sealing manner in the annular recesses when the flanged joint is assembled, and comprises a material which more readily plastically deforms than the material defining the recesses, characterized in that the axial ends of the hollow cylindrical sealing ring (22) are symmetrically bevelled from its two cylindrical surfaces, that the annular recess (18, 20) of at least one of the flanges (12, 14) is deeper than the axial length of the wedge-shaped end of the sealing ring (22) extending into this recess, and that either the sealing ring (22) is inserted as a relatively tight fit between adjacent cylindrical walls of sealing ring and recess into this annular recess or the shape of the sealing ring (22) differs somewhat from the shape of this recess (18, 20) so that the sealing ring is held jammed in this recess.

Inventors

• 👤 German Weber

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