Patent ID: 7618045

Claim:
A sealing arrangement ( 10 , 10 a ), which acts between a housing ( 12 ) and a component ( 14 ) installed in the housing ( 12 ), with a stop ( 16 ) permanently connected to the housing ( 12 ), with a spring ( 20 ) supported on the stop ( 16 ), with at least one first sealing element ( 22 ) in working connection with the spring ( 20 ), and with an abutment ( 24 , 34 ), which is connected to the housing ( 12 ) and which cooperates with the side of the sealing element ( 22 ) facing away from the spring ( 20 ), where, at least as a result of the force of the spring, the sealing element ( 22 ) presses against certain areas of the housing ( 12 ) and the component ( 14 ) to create a sealing effect extending from the front to the rear of the housing ( 12 ) and of the component ( 14 ), characterized in that a removable installed spacer resides in between and in engagement with said abutment and said housing, said abutment ( 34 ) is designed so that it can be advanced against the force of the spring, said abutment ( 34 ) is in mechanical contact with said removable installed spacer ( 36 ) which defines the position of the abutment ( 34 ) relative to the stop ( 16 ) and the amount of pretension of the spring under normal operating conditions, so that after removing the spacer ( 36 ) the abutment ( 34 ) can be advanced against the force of the spring to such an extent that the spring ( 20 ) is completely compressed and the sealing element ( 22 ) is subjected to additional load, so that in particular any leakage which has developed can be stopped on an emergency basis by the exertion of additional load on the sealing element ( 22 ), which has the effect of increasing the sealing force which the sealing element ( 22 ) exerts.