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Method of making a cylinder head gasket
Assignee: Elring Dichtungswerke GmbH
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Filing: 1983-09-28
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Granted: 1984-11-20
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Expires: 2003-09-28
Abstract
Abstract A cylinder head gasket having at least one plate of soft material and at least one combustion chamber opening, said soft material including predominantly inorganic fibers and/or filling materials connected by binding means and including free OH groups, the soft material is mixed with a first impregnating material comprising a polysiloxane containing reactive hydrogen groups for reaction with the free OH groups of the fibers or filling materials and a second impregnating material which consists of a second polysiloxane of a higher degree of polymerization than the first polysiloxane and which polymerizes with itself as well as with the reactive hydrogen groups of the first polysiloxane, said second polysiloxane forming a stable siloxane structure having more branches than the first polysiloxane.
Inventors
- 👤 Rudolf Bindel
- 👤 Eugen Ruoff
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 22:26
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16J; F16J15/00; F16J15/02; F16J15/06; F16J15/10; F16J15/12; F16J15/121; F16J15/122; C; C08; C08L; C08L83/00; C08L83/04; C09; C09K; C09K3/00; C09K3/10; C09K3/1025; C09K3/1028; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04; C08G77/12; C09K2003/1034; C09K2003/1059; C09K2003/1068; C09K2003/1087; C09K2003/1096; C09K2200/00; C09K2200/02; C09K2200/0204; C09K2200/0213; C09K2200/0278; C09K2200/0286; C09K2200/06; C09K2200/068; C09K2200/0685; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S277/00; Y10S277/924
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A method for manufacturing a gasket such as a cylinder head gasket having a plate of soft material mixed with a binding means and provided with at least one combustion chamber opening, said method comprising: impregnating said plate of soft material with a first impregnating material including polysiloxane; providing a metallic rim border for said combustion chamber opening; compressing said plate of soft material at least in some regions thereof by means of pressure; pressing said first impregnating material while still deformable into optionally provided hollow spaces; impregnating said plate of soft material with a second impregnating material including polysiloxane; removing by mechanical means excess amounts of said second impregnating material; and heat treating said plate of soft material to polymerize said polysiloxane.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
123 words
A method for manufacturing a gasket such as a cylinder head gasket having a plate of soft material mixed with a binding means and provided with at least one combustion chamber opening, said method comprising: impregnating said plate of soft material with a first impregnating material including polysiloxane; providing a metallic rim border for said combustion chamber opening; compressing said plate of soft material at least in some regions thereof by means of pressure; pressing said first impregnating material while still deformable into optionally provided hollow spaces; impregnating said plate of soft material with a second impregnating material including polysiloxane; removing by mechanical means excess amounts of said second impregnating material; and heat treating said plate of soft material to polymerize said polysiloxane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said first impregnating material is applied to said plate of soft material free of any solvent.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said compressing step is sufficiently strong within the region of the rim border that during the second impregnating step little, if any, impregnating material penetrates into the region below the metallic rim border.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the polysiloxane of the second applied impregnating material is in the form of a solvent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method as defined in claim 4, wherein said solvent is toluol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method as defined in claim 4, wherein said solvent is xylol.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method as defined in claim 4, wherein said solvent comprises about 20% to 40% by weight of said second impregnating material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method as defined in claim 4, wherein said solvent comprises about 30% by weight of said second impregnating material.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said step of heat treating said plate of soft material is at a temperature of 150° C. to 180° C.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the step of heat treating said plate of soft material is at a temperature of 160° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the step of mechanically removing excess amounts of the second impregnating material removes such material to an extent that no measurable layer of the second impregnating material remains on the surface of the fibers or filling materials lying on the surface of the plate of soft material.
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