Patent ID: 7217090

Claim:
For a rotating machine having a rotary shaft being lubricated by an oil/air mist, a seal being made from a thermal setting material and being configured in the shape of a washer having a central opening with an inner edge and said shaft passing through said central opening and, a first fixed member having a beveled face surrounding said shaft, a second fixed member having a beveled face surrounding said shaft and being axially spaced from said first fixed member, said seal when assembled between the bevel face of said first member and the bevel face of said second member is positioned angularly relative to said rotating shaft and for defining a lip at said inner edge of said seal and said lip being is in close proximity to said rotating shaft, said seal being set and cured in situ by operating said rotating machine at a predetermined rotational speed whereby only the air of said oil/air mist will escape downstream of said seal.