Patent ID: 6334934
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: D21F,Y10S

Abstract:
A sealing device for laterally sealing at least one excess pressure or vacuum zone adjoining a moving surface in a paper-making machine, the sealing device comprising:a holder; a receptacle area in said holder; at least one sealing element in said receptacle area; said sealing element being movable relative to the holder for placement against the moving surface; wherein the receptacle area serves as a clamping receptacle; the clamping receptacle having clamping surfaces thereon; and the sealing element is acted upon with a clamping force through the clamping surfaces of the clamping receptacle, wherein at least one of the clamping surfaces of the clamping receptacle is a lateral wall of the holder which includes a groove formed therein and a clamping body arranged inside the groove, the clamping body being an elastically ductile seal element which frictionally engages the sealing element to promote a slip-stick effect.