Sealing means for an aperture in a panel or the like

Claim 1

Sealing means for forming a seal between an aperture in a panel or the like and a conduit or the like which passes through said aperture, said means comprising, a compressible grommet of a size which can be inserted in and substantially fills said aperture, a hole through said grommet and through which said conduit passes, a plurality of washers each having a slot therein which extends from the periphery of said washer and inwardly at an angle inclined to the radius of said washer and terminating in a slot end, said slot ends being in axial alignment with each other and also with said grommet hole and said conduit being located in said slot ends, the slots of adjacent washers being inclined at different direcTions from one another whereby adjacent washers abut against one another and overlap a portion of each others slots, said washers and grommet also each having a generally central opening extending therethrough and in alignment, and means extending through said aligned openings for compressing said washers and grommet together to create a seal between said panel and conduit.