Combined sealing device with magnetic fluid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11261972-B1
Application number	US-202117508166-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 22, 2021
Priority date	Nov 23, 2020
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A combined sealing device with magnetic fluid includes a housing having a chamber; a rotating shaft rotatably arranged in the chamber; a seal assembly fitted over the rotating shaft and located in the chamber, in which the seal assembly includes a brush seal part, a magnetic fluid seal part, and a labyrinth seal part all fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, the brush seal part being arranged adjacent to the sealing cavity, and the magnetic fluid seal part being arranged between the brush seal part and the labyrinth seal part; and an absorption part arranged in the brush seal part and configured to adsorb a sealing medium spilled from the sealing cavity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A combined sealing device with magnetic fluid, configured to seal a sealing cavity, and comprising:
a housing having a chamber;
a rotating shaft rotatably arranged in the chamber;
a seal assembly fitted over the rotating shaft and located in the chamber, wherein the seal assembly comprises a brush seal part, a magnetic fluid seal part, and a labyrinth seal part; the brush seal part, the magnetic fluid seal part, and the labyrinth seal part are all fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart from one another in an axial direction of the rotating shaft; the brush seal part is arranged adjacent to the sealing cavity, and the magnetic fluid seal part is arranged between the brush seal part and the labyrinth seal part;
an absorption part arranged in the brush seal part and configured to adsorb a sealing medium spilled from the sealing cavity; and
an air supply assembly in the chamber, wherein the air supply assembly is arranged on a side adjacent to the brush seal part and at an end away from the magnetic fluid seal part; and the air supply assembly comprises: a fixing plate fitted over the rotating shaft, and a plurality of air supply members arranged at intervals in a peripheral direction of the fixing plate and configured to supply air toward the sealing cavity.

2. The combined sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the labyrinth seal part is provided with a plurality of protrusions on an inner peripheral surface of the labyrinth seal part, and the plurality of protrusions are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction of the rotating shaft.

3. The combined sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the brush seal part comprises a first baffle, a brush filament bundle, and a second baffle;
the first baffle, the brush filament bundle, and the second baffle are fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart from one another in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the brush bundle is arranged between the first baffle and the second baffle;
the first baffle has a first mounting hole penetrating the first baffle in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the absorption part is located in the first mounting hole; and
the second baffle has a second mounting hole penetrating the second baffle in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the absorption part is located in the second mounting hole.

4. The combined sealing device according to claim 3 , wherein the first baffle and the second baffle are both provided with sealing teeth on their respective inner peripheral surfaces, and a predetermined clearance exists between the sealing teeth and the rotating shaft and in a radial direction of the rotating shaft.

5. The combined sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the magnetic fluid seal part comprises a first pole piece, a second pole piece, and a permanent magnet, the first pole piece and the second pole piece are fitted over the rotating shaft and spaced apart from each other in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the permanent magnet is arranged between the first pole piece and the second pole piece;
the first pole piece is provided with a plurality of first pole teeth on an inner periphery of the first pole piece, and the plurality of first pole teeth are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the magnetic fluid being absorbed between the plurality of first pole teeth and the rotating shaft; and
the second pole piece is provided with a plurality of second pole teeth on an inner periphery of the second pole piece, and the plurality of second pole teeth are arranged at intervals in the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the magnetic fluid being absorbed between the plurality of second pole teeth and the rotating shaft.

6. The combined sealing device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the first pole piece has a groove on an outer peripheral surface of the first pole piece, and the second pole piece has a groove on an outer peripheral surface of the second pole piece; and
the combined sealing device further comprises a first seal ring and a second seal ring, the first seal ring being arranged in the groove of the first pole piece and the second seal ring being arranged in the groove of the second pole piece.

7. The combined sealing device according to claim 1 , further comprising an end cap arranged at an end of the housing, the rotating shaft passing through the end cap.

8. The combined sealing device according to claim 7 , wherein the housing has a groove at an end corresponding to the end cap, and the combined sealing device further comprises a third seal ring arranged in the groove of the housing.

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua

Inventors

• Li Decai
• Li Yanwen
• Li Zepeng

Classifications

• F16J15/4472

  with axial path · CPC title

• F16J15/43 Primary

  kept in sealing position by magnetic force · CPC title

• F16J15/3288

  Filamentary structures, e.g. brush seals · CPC title

• F16J15/4476

  with radial path · CPC title