Patent ID: 6523997
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: B29C,F16C

Abstract:
A receiving device for at least one shaft (1, 2), rotatably supported in sealing fashion in a housing (11), comprising a seal (17, 18) associated with the shaft (1, 2), which seal is disposed in a recess (13) of a housing wall (12) that tightly closes a face end of the housing (11), a sleevelike protective element (25, 26) for the seal (17, 18), which protective element is rotatably supported in the seal (17, 18), wherein for installation in and removal from the housing (11) the shaft (1, 2) is axially displaceable in the protective element (25, 26), and wherein the seal (17, 18) is surrounded by a sealing sleeve (16) which together with the seal (17, 18) forms a unit (15) disposed replaceably on the housing wall (12), the protective element (25, 26) being disposed axially displaceably on a frame (29), aligned with the unit (15), on the side of the housing wall (12) opposite the shaft (1, 2).