Patent ID: 8807572

Claim:
A V-pack ring that forms a portion of a V-pack seal about a shaft, said V-pack ring being completely split by a bi-directional cut defining a first and a second free end of the V-pack ring, said bidirectional cut consisting of a first planar cut that extends from a top of the V-pack ring to a shoulder of the V-pack ring and a second planar cut that extends from the shoulder to a bottom of the V-pack ring, wherein one of the free ends has a convex shape of an offset arrowhead and the other free end has a concave shape that accepts the free end with the convex shape when installed onto a shaft to create a seal, said bi-directional cut having no portion that is vertical to a main axis of the V-pack ring and wherein said offset arrowhead is defined by one of the first and second cuts being substantially longer than the other.