WO1979000943A1 - Annular seal - Google Patents
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- WO1979000943A1 WO1979000943A1 PCT/GB1979/000061 GB7900061W WO7900943A1 WO 1979000943 A1 WO1979000943 A1 WO 1979000943A1 GB 7900061 W GB7900061 W GB 7900061W WO 7900943 A1 WO7900943 A1 WO 7900943A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
- F16J15/32—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
- F16J15/3204—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip
- F16J15/3216—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip supported in a direction parallel to the surfaces
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
- F16J15/32—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
- F16J15/3284—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings characterised by their structure; Selection of materials
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- FIGURES 2, 3 and 4 are sketches corresponding to FIGURE 1 of annular seals embodying the invention
- FIGURES 6, a, and b are sketches showing a different form of reinforced bead on the annular seal.
- the outer flange 10 has reinforced radially outer and radially inner beads engaged in respective grooves in the surrounding mounting 13, and in the rigid ring 15.
- the main part of the outer flange 10 extends in a cylinder generally parallel with the axis of the shaft.
- the inner elastomeric flange is similarly supported at its racially outer edge from the ring 15, and it also extend; generally parallel with the shaft axis, but for an axial length only about half that of the flange 10, and it has at its lower edge the conventional sealing lip 9 urged against the surface of the shaft sleeve 5 by a coil spring 12.
- the mounting 13 has a radially inwardly extending flange 20 providing an axial locating surface for the ring 15, but the flange 20 is apertured at 21 so that the low pressure P 2 has access to the face of the outer flange 10.
- the inner flange 11 conveniently includes wear resistant compounds which reduce the wear as sliding occurs between the lip and the sleeve at the expense of some loss in the flexibility of the material.
- a preferred wear resistant compound consists of from 50% to 70% P.T.F.E. by volume, from 10% to 30% graphite by volume, and from 10% to 30% bronze by volume.
- This mixture may be in the form of a mixed powder present in a percentage of between 5 and 30 in a nitrite rubber or plastics or other elastomer stable in sea and fresh water and forming the body of the flange 11.
- the outer flange 10 is of convolutedform with a first part extending axial'ly in one direction and a second part extending axially in the other direction so that the two reinforced beads are axially in line with one another.
- FIGURE 4 shows how any of the radially inner or outer edges of an elastomeric flange can be in the form of a bead moulded around an edge reinforcement shown in FIGURE 5a as a circumferential metal wire 21 of circular cross section.
- the outer flange 10 is more flexible than the inner flange 11, whether by choice of the material or by design of the lenths and thicknesses of the flanges.
- the inner flange 11 only needs to flex enough to maintain the seat at 9 , whereas relative movement between the shaft and the housing is accomodated by the outer flange 10.
Abstract
An annular seal against the flow of fluid along a shaft (4). There is a rigid ring (15) with flexible flanges (10, 11) respectively radially inwards and outwards of the ring (15), one of which carries a sealing contact lip (9) against the shaft while the other is connected to a surrounding mounting (13).
Description
ANNULAR SEAL
This invention relates to annular seals against the flow of fluid along a shaft, for example for a marine propeller shaft where it is necessary to provide.seals against the entry of sea water, and against the escape of lubricating oil from a bearing housing in either direction along the shaft.
British Patent Specification No. 1478273. (Howaldtwerke) teaches an annular seal in the form of an elastomeric member but such a seal has been capable of sufficient deformation due to pressure differences across it to displace it from its correct sealing position, and to cause it to rub on the shaft causing losses.
According to the present invention, an annular seal against the flow of fluid along a shaft which is rotatable in a surrounding mounting, comprises a relatively rigid ring and relatively flexible flanges which are respectively radially inwards and outwards of the ring, one of which flanges is connected to the shaft or -mounting, while the other carries a sealing contact lip against the mounting or the shaft; the flanges having radial clearance with the shaft and mounting to be capable of deformation to permit variation of the radial clearance between the shaft and the mounting during rotation of the shaft without losing the seal. In accordance with the present invention, the relatively rigid ring will be substantially undeformed in use, and that ring can conveniently be located in one axial direction against a support on the mounting, so that the inner and outer flanges tend not to distort sufficiently to impair the efficiency of
the seal. One problem with such a shaft seal is to accommodate what is effectively non-concentricity of the shaft about its axis of rotation, possibly due to whirling load or to static loads, but with the present invention the flexible flanges can accommodate such non-concentricity and maintain the seal.
Conveniently, one or each of the radially inner and outer flanges extends from the relatively rigid ring in a direction having a substantial component parallel with the axis of the shaft, so that radial flexing is possible against little resistance even though axial location is provided between the relatively rigid ring and the support on the mountint
According to another aspect of the present invention, an annular seal has a flexible flange with a reinforced bead at its radially inner or outer edge, which bead is engaged in an annular groove in a mounting, the groove having a neck for the flange which neck is about the same width as the reinforcemei within the bead to prevent removal of the bead from the groove. The bead is conveniently moulded around the reinforcement which may be a circumferentially extending metal or plastics wire, or a circumferentially extending metal or plastics helical coil.
The groove may be defined between two mounting components one of which is assembled with the other, after the reinforced bead has been located, and then conveniently the groove has
three surfaces pressing on the bead which surfaces are distributed around the reinforcement.
The invention may be carried into practice in various ways, and certain embodiments will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings of which:
FIGURE 1 is a sketch of a horizontal section through a part of a previously proposed annular shaft seal:
FIGURES 2, 3 and 4 are sketches corresponding to FIGURE 1 of annular seals embodying the invention;
FIGURES 5, a, b, and c, are sketches showing one way of engaging a reinforced bead on the annular seal in a mounting groove; and
FIGURES 6, a, and b are sketches showing a different form of reinforced bead on the annular seal.
In the type of annular lip seal shown in FIGURE 1, a marine propeller shaft 4 has a surrounding collar 5 and rotates within a cylindrical mounting 2, which may be a part of the ship's hull. In order to prevent flow of fluid along the annular space between the mounting and the sleeve 5, an annular seal blocks that space, and that consists of a radially outer thick rim 1 engaged in a groove in the mounting 2, a diaphragm part 8 extending radially inwardly, and then axially to a sharp lip 9 at its inner end which rubs on the shaft, as the shaft rotates to effect the seal. A coil spring 3 extending annularly around the part of the diaphragm opposite the lip 9 holds the lip against the shaft. The bend in the diaphragm is designed
to be towards the area of higher pressure P1 and away from the area of lower pressure P2.
Difficulties with that type of seal can arise due to the shaft surface being apparently eccentric about the axis of rotation, the two limiting positions being indicated in FIGURE 1 at 6 and 7. That apparent eccentricity can cause leakage of fluid through the seal if the seal cannot flex easily to accommodate it, but if flexure of the seal is too easy, then an excessive difference in pressure between P and P2 can deform the diaphragm part 8 of the seal, and that can have the effect of lifting the lip 9, or bringing the rear surface of the diaphragm into contact with the shaft sleeve 5, to cause substantially increased frictional losses during rotation. These disadvantages are overcome in accordance with the design of FIGURE 2, which has essentially three components, namely a relatively rigid ring 15, and separate radially outer and radially inner elastomeric flanges 10 and 11.
The outer flange 10 has reinforced radially outer and radially inner beads engaged in respective grooves in the surrounding mounting 13, and in the rigid ring 15. The main part of the outer flange 10 extends in a cylinder generally parallel with the axis of the shaft.
The inner elastomeric flange is similarly supported at its racially outer edge from the ring 15, and it also extend;
generally parallel with the shaft axis, but for an axial length only about half that of the flange 10, and it has at its lower edge the conventional sealing lip 9 urged against the surface of the shaft sleeve 5 by a coil spring 12. The mounting 13 has a radially inwardly extending flange 20 providing an axial locating surface for the ring 15, but the flange 20 is apertured at 21 so that the low pressure P2 has access to the face of the outer flange 10.
The ring 15 is of metal or of a plastics material which is rigid relatively to the elastomeric material of the flanges 10 and 12, and so does not distort in response to substantial pressure differences between P1 and P2, and indeed it is axially located against the flange 20. It is however free to move radially due to flexure of the flanges 10 and 11 in the most favourable direction due to their principal lengths being parallel with the shaft axis.
Thus variations in the position of the surface of the sleeve 5, as shown at 6 and 7, are easily accommodated by flexing of the inner flange 11, and there is no tendancy to distort the seal so that the surface of the flange 11 leading to the lip 9 comes into contact with the surface of the sleeve 5.
The inner flange 11 conveniently includes wear resistant compounds which reduce the wear as sliding occurs between the lip and the sleeve at the expense of some loss in the flexibility of the material. A preferred wear resistant compound consists of from 50% to 70% P.T.F.E. by volume, from 10% to 30%
graphite by volume, and from 10% to 30% bronze by volume. This mixture may be in the form of a mixed powder present in a percentage of between 5 and 30 in a nitrite rubber or plastics or other elastomer stable in sea and fresh water and forming the body of the flange 11.
In the modification shown in FIGURE 3 the outer flange 10 is of convolutedform with a first part extending axial'ly in one direction and a second part extending axially in the other direction so that the two reinforced beads are axially in line with one another.
In the modification shown in FIGURE 4, instead of having an external rigid ring 15 clamped to inner and outer elastomeric flanges 10 and 11, the two flanges are formed by a common annular diaphragm of elastomeric material, as indicated at 16 which is moulded around a relatively rigid plastics or metal reinforcing ring 17. It is possible in that embodiment for the wear resisting compound to be included only in the part of the elastomeric flange between the ring 17 and the lip 9. FIGURE 5 shows how any of the radially inner or outer edges of an elastomeric flange can be in the form of a bead moulded around an edge reinforcement shown in FIGURE 5a as a circumferential metal wire 21 of circular cross section.
That can easily be engaged in an annular groove defined between co-operating edges of the mounting 13, and an end
flange 14 bolted to it as shown in FIGURES 2 and 3. The cross section of the groove consists of a main part in the form of a rectangle with a neck leading to it by way of a pair of outwardly inclined sides, so that the walls of the groove press on the external surface of the bead 20 at the three points indicated at x in FIGURE 5b namely at the two inclined sides and the opposite face of the rectangular portion. The neck has a width indicated at y in FIGURE 5b approximately equal to (e.g. between 2½ and 2/3 times) the diameter of the wire reinforcement 21 so that once the end flange 14 has been bolted to the mounting 13, it is not possible to displace the flange rim from the mounting..
An alternative form of reinforcement shown in FIGURE 6a and b is of metal or plastics wire in the form of a helical coil extending circumferentially around the edge of the flange in order to permit some circumferential flexibility to enable the bead to be easily fitted in the groove while the bead is rather stronger than in FIGURE 5 because of the continuous elastomeric material around the coils of the helix. The flange 20 of FIGURES 2 and 3 could be used also in the embodiment of FIGURE 4, but it is not essential in all applications, and particularly in the moulded arrangement of FIGURE 4.
In all embodiments the outer flange 10 is more flexible than the inner flange 11, whether by choice of
the material or by design of the lenths and thicknesses of the flanges. The inner flange 11 only needs to flex enough to maintain the seat at 9 , whereas relative movement between the shaft and the housing is accomodated by the outer flange 10.
Claims
1. An annular seal against the flow of. fluid along a shaft (4) which is rotatable in a surrounding mounting (13), characterised by a relatively rigid ring (15) and relatively flexible flanges (10,11) which are respectively radially inwards and outwards of the ring, one of which flanges is connected to the shaft or mounting while the other carries a sealing contact lip (9) against the mounting or shaft; the flanges having radial clearance with the shaft and mounting to be capable of deformation to permit variation of the radial clearance between the shaft and the mounting during rotation of the shaft without losing the seal.
2. A seal as claimed in Claim 1 in which the outer flange has greater radial flexibility than the inner flange.
3. A seal as claimed in Claim 1 or Claim 2 in which the inner and outer flanges are of elastomeric material.
4. A seal as claimed in Claim 3 in which at least the radially inner flange contains wear resisting compound.
5. A seal as claimed in Claim 4 in which the wear resisting compound includes some or all of P.T.F.E., graphite, and bronze.
6. A seal as claimed in Claim 5 in which the wear resisting compound comprises 50% and 70% by volume of P.T.F.E between 10% and 30% by volume of graphite and between 10% and 30% by volume of bronze.
7. A seal as claimed in any of the preceding claims in which the radially inner and outer flanges are parts of a single piece of elastomeric material which is moulded around the relatively rigid ring.
8. A seal as claimed in any of Claims 1-6 in which the relatively rigid ring is clamped to the inner edge of the outer flange and to the outer edge of the inner flange.
9. A seal as claimed in any of the preceding claims in which the radially outer flange is longer than the radially inner flange.
10. A seal as claimed in any of the preceding claims in which the/or each flange extends with a substantial component parallel with the shaft axis.
11. A seal as claimed in any of the preceding claims including a support (20) on the mounting for locating the relatively rigid ring in one axial direction.
12. An annular seal having a flexible flange (20) with a reinforced bead (21) at its radially inner or radially outer edge which bead is engaged in an annular groove in a mounting, the groove having a neck for the flange which neck is about the same width as the reinforcement of the bead.
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DE7979900398T DE2962224D1 (en) | 1978-04-18 | 1979-04-17 | Annular seal |
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GB15223/78A GB1600515A (en) | 1978-04-18 | 1978-04-18 | Annular seal |
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