Patent ID: 6206376
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: F16J,F16K

Abstract:
A seal for use in valve housings containing a rotatable valve and having an internal annular groove adapted to receive the seal, the seal comprising:a first annular lobe having an annular interior surface, an annular exterior surface and opposite annular walls; a second annular lobe having an annular interior surface, an annular exterior surface and opposite annular walls; andthe first and second annular lobes having configurations where an outside wall of each lobe has serrations that will engage with a side of the internal annular groove when the first and second annular lobes are inserted into the internal annular groove and an inside wall of each lobe will mutually oppose the inside wall of the other lobe with a spacing therebetween when the first and second annular lobes are inserted into the internal annular groove.