Patent ID: 6523832
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
A slide ring seal, comprising:a slide ring; and a counter-ring, the slide ring and the counter-ring sealingly contacting each other at sealing surfaces so as to be relatively twistable and each being acted upon by spring tension under axial prestressing, an exterior portion of the slide ring and an exterior portion of the counter-ring in a vicinity of the sealing surfaces contacting and sealing off a medium chosen to be sealed off from an interior portion of the slide ring and an interior portion of the counter-ring, the slide ring, via a first sealing ring, being sealingly connected to a first drive ring in a rotatably fixed manner, and the counter-ring, via a second sealing ring, being sealingly connected to a second drive ring in a rotatably fixed manner; wherein the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring, on a side of a flange of the respective drive ring facing the medium to be sealed off, are essentially completely overlapped by the flange, and wherein the first and second sealing rings have L-shaped cross-section.