Patent ID: 7677611
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A flanged joint for a pressurized medium, the flanged joint comprising: a first component and a second component each component including a facing flange surface projecting from the component and facing the facing flange surface of the other component, and each component having an interior portion configured to guide or store a pressurized medium; at least one flat gasket held between and contacting the facing flange surfaces of the first and second components; an annular groove and a working diameter radially opposing the annular groove, the annular groove being located between the interior portion and the at least one flat gasket; and at least one thin, flat lamella ring held in the annular groove and biased, without a gap, against the working diameter, the at least one lamella ring being arranged upstream of the at least one flat gasket in a direction of a pressure difference between a pressure side of the flanged joint and an environmental side of the flanged joint.