Patent ID: 6874788

Claim:
A strip brush seal device for effecting a seal between two relatively moving components, said strip brush seal device comprising: a) a seal strip being made of a rectangular thin strip, the rectangular thin strip having protrusions thereon, said protrusions disposed at both ends along a direction of width of said thin strip: b) a strip brush seal arranging a plurality of said seal strips in a successive manner by means of said protrusions of said seal strips being joined along the direction of arrangement: c) a back plate being disposed on the opposite side of a process fluid, said fluid acting on said strip brush seal: d) a mounting portion being disposed in said strip brush seal and having a joint portion wherein said strip brush seal is integrally welded with adjacent strip brushes along said protrusions: and e) a seal portion being disposed in said strip brush seal and located toward the radially inward relative to said mounting portion, the seal portion having a smaller inter strip gap than an inter strip gap disposed at said mounting portion.