Patent ID: 6676130
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
A shaft sealing ring, comprising a rotary support body, at least one sealing lip mounted on the support body and extending at least partly in radial outward direction from the support body forming a free end, wherein the sealing lip is flexurally supported by the support body, and a sealing surface offered by the free end of the sealing lip and contacting a stationary countersurface, wherein the countersurface and the sealing surface are inclined with respect to a plane normal to the longitudinal shaft axis, wherein the sealing lip is made of a fleece material which is permeable to the medium to be sealed off and permits passage of the medium to be sealed off from the sealed space to the sealing surface, wherein the fleece material is a non-woven elastomer which is compatible with the medium to be sealed off.