Patent ID: 6764078
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
A brush seal device mounted on one of two components that are relatively rotated, for sealing the clearance given between the two components, comprising:a brush seal having brush seal units made of thin plate, each brush seal unit having a brush section with slits on a side of the thin plate that faces the other component and having a base section on the opposing side that is fixed on the one component; a backing plate for supporting an attachment section of the brush seal; a support section for supporting the attachment section between the backing plate and the support section; wherein the brush seal unit of the brush seal has a plurality of split brush-seal pieces, and each of the split brush-seal pieces has on its two split surfaces engagement portions, one having a projection and the other having a recess, which are capable of engaging a corresponding recess and projection of mating split brush-seal pieces, respectively.