Patent ID: 6116611
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B29C,B32B,C04B,F16J,F16L

Abstract:
A tubular packing comprising a tubular body of exfoliated graphite having end edges butt joined against each other without overlapping, a plurality of layers of wire net embedded in the exfoliated graphite, wherein at least one layer of said wire net interconnects said end edges of said exfoliated graphite so that the end edges are bridged by said at least one wire net layer, wherein the exposed portion of the wire net layer and the exfoliated graphite are present in a coexisting manner in each of inner and outer surfaces of said graphite body so that a part of each of the wire net layers located in the vicinity of the surfaces of the graphite body is exposed on each of the inner and outer surfaces of said graphite body.