Patent ID: 7523943
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
1. A sealing arrangement for sealing a gap between two components which can move rotationally with respect to one another about a common axis of rotation, having a brush seal which is arranged fixedly in the first component of the two components and interacts with a sealing surface of the second component, wherein the sealing surface is a surface of a shaft end of the second component which is conical in form, with the first component being axially displaceable and adjustable with respect to the second component, the first component being disposed axially adjacent to the second component shaft end, and means for axial displacement and adjustment being provided between the first component and a casing surrounding the first component, such that when the first component is axially displaced, the brush seal is axially displaced relative to the second component while remaining in sealing contact with the second component sealing surface.