Patent ID: 7744096

Claim:
A seal device for effecting a seal between a first end surface of a first assembly component and a first end surface of a second assembly component opposing said first assembly component, wherein a first mount surface of a first mount space defined along said first end surface of said first assembly component and a second mount surface of a second mount space defined along said first end surface of said second assembly component oppose along a longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the first and second assembly components to a second end of the first and second assembly components opposing the first end of the first and second assembly components, the seal device comprising: a seal strip assemblage formed by a plurality of seal strips comprising at least first, second and third seal strips, each seal strip comprising a base, a left end of the base having a first circular seal end, and a right end of the base opposite the left end having a second circular seal end; wherein the base, the first circular seal end, and the second circular seal end of each of the first, second and third seal strips includes a front surface parallel to a back surface, the first, second and third seal strips being arranged sequentially relative to each other along the longitudinal axis, wherein the back surface of the base, the first circular seal end and the second circular seal end of the first seal strip matingly engages the front surface of the base, the first circular seal end and the second circular seal end of the second seal strip, and the back surface of the base, the first circular seal end and the second circular seal end of the second seal strip matingly engages the front surface the base, first circular seal end and second circular seal end of the third seal strip, the base of each of the first, second and third seal strips including an aperture defined therein and extending from the front surface to back surface, and wherein a connection bar or connection rod extends through the aperture in the base of each of the first, second and third seal strips in a direction that is parallel relative to the longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis extending from the front surface of the first seal strip to the back surface of the third seal strip, the connection bar or connection rod providing the mating first, second and third seal strips torsional flexibility about the longitudinal axis.