Patent ID: 7316402

Claim:
A seal for restricting leakage of a fluid from a first chamber, through a gap between two spaced components, to a second chamber, comprising: a slot in each of the components, wherein the slots are open to the gap and each slot contains a longitudinal axis; a bridging assembly containing a first and a second bridging element, wherein said elements each contain a sectional profile, transverse to the longitudinal slot axis, that is wave shaped and includes a crest portion disposed between two trough portions, and wherein the crest portion of the first bridging element nests together with the crest portion of the second bridging element and the trough portions of the first bridging element are sprung apart from the trough portions of the second bridging element; and wherein the bridging assembly spans between the two components with the trough portions being disposed in the slots and the crest portions being disposed in the gap.