Patent ID: 7811004
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: B25F,F16C,F16J

Abstract:
1. A seal ( 2 ) for a bearing ( 6 ) that rotatably supports a shaft ( 14 ) extending through a housing opening ( 8 ) of a housing element ( 10 ) that limits, at least partially, a lubricant-receiving chamber ( 4 ), the seal comprising a sealing disc ( 26 ) retainable between the housing element ( 10 ) and the shaft ( 14 ); and a limiting element ( 28 ) forming, together with sealing disc ( 26 ), an annular gap ( 30 ), the sealing disc ( 26 ) having aeration recesses ( 34 ) which connect the annular gap ( 30 ) with the lubricant-receiving chamber ( 4 ), wherein the sealing disc ( wherein the annular gap ( wherein the aeration recesses ( wherein the aeration recesses ( 34 ) are substantially identical and are spaced from each other by a same angular distance (α).