Abstract A sealing ring assembly for cooperation with a rotatable shaft and a mating ring to provide a rotary face seal, the assembly comprising a sealing ring having inner cylindrical and lateral flat sealing surfaces possessing a high degree of smoothness, and a stabilizing ring snugly engaging the outer cylindrical surface of the sealing ring. The stabilizing ring has integral circumferential fin means which reinforce the ring so as better to resist centrifugal and thermal expansion forces tending to distort the cylindrical and flat sealing surfaces of the sealing ring. The fin means also serves as a heat dissipating mechanism, thereby effectively reducing the distorting forces resulting from thermal expansion.
A sealing ring assembly for a rotary face seal, comprising: a sealing ring having an inner cylindrical surface of diameter and smoothness providing relatively rotatable, sealing relationship with a rotatable shaft and a lateral flat surface providing relatively rotatable, sealing relationship with a stationary mating ring; and a stabilizing ring in press fit relationship around the outer cylindrical surface of said sealing ring, said stabilizing ring snugly engaging said sealing ring and having integral circumferential fin means, whereby said assembly has high resistance to forces tending to distort said cylindrical and flat sealing surfaces, and a high heat dissipation characteristic.
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A sealing ring assembly for a rotary face seal, comprising: a sealing ring having an inner cylindrical surface of diameter and smoothness providing relatively rotatable, sealing relationship with a rotatable shaft and a lateral flat surface providing relatively rotatable, sealing relationship with a stationary mating ring; and a stabilizing ring in press fit relationship around the outer cylindrical surface of said sealing ring, said stabilizing ring snugly engaging said sealing ring and having integral circumferential fin means, whereby said assembly has high resistance to forces tending to distort said cylindrical and flat sealing surfaces, and a high heat dissipation characteristic.
Claim 3
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The sealing ring assembly of claim 1 wherein said integral circumferential fin means is a single circumferential fin located centrally of said stabilizing ring.
Claim 4
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The sealing ring assembly of claim 1 wherein said integral circumferential fin means is a pair of spaced circumferential fins.
Claim 5
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The sealing ring assembly of claim 1 wherein said integral circumferential fin means is a plurality of uniformly spaced circumferential fins.