Patent ID: 6076832
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
A split seal having an annular cross-section and a central axis, and having a radial width and an axial length, comprising at least two components of arcuate form, each component having two end portions and each end portion having a surface formed and arranged for mating engagement with a respective complementary end portion surface of another said component, wherein each end portion surface comprises a plurality of angled surface portions extending in substantially zigzag manner over one of the radial width and the axial length of the seal, each angled surface portion intersecting a common axial plane of the seal, and each end portion surface extending substantially continuously in non-reentrant manner over the other one of the radial width and the axial length of the seal, so that the components are substantially smoothly, relatively translatable in a generally radial direction or a generally axial direction, respectively.