Sealing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9709174-B2
Application number	US-201214007883-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 9, 2012
Priority date	Mar 30, 2011
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A sealing device is provided with a floating ring between an outer periphery of a rotating shaft and an inner periphery of a casing and is characterized by including a plurality of inversely directed dynamic pressure generation grooves for creating an action whereby a sealed fluid attempting to leak out is pushed back. The plurality of inversely directed dynamic pressure generation grooves are provided in a circumferential direction to the inner peripheral surface of the floating ring, and thereby the amount of leaking of the sealed fluid is reduced and the center of the floating ring and the center of the rotating shaft are matched together.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sealing device provided with a floating ring between an outer periphery of a rotating shaft and an inner periphery of a casing, the sealing device being characterized in that:
a plurality of inversely directed dynamic pressure generation grooves for creating an action, whereby a sealed fluid on a sealed fluid side attempting to leak out to an atmospheric side is pushed back upstream and an axis of the floating ring and an axis of the rotating shaft are to be aligned when in use, are provided and discretely aligned along one circle on an inner peripheral surface of the floating ring in a circumferential direction in a manner continuously overlapping each other as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction, all the grooves being inclined with respect to the circumferential direction and closed at least on the atmospheric side,
wherein the floating ring is disposed between and in contact with an atmospheric fluid and the sealed fluid that attempts to leak out downstream to the atmospheric fluid along the inner peripheral surface of the floating ring and that is pushed back upstream by dynamic pressure generated by the grooves when in use, and
a turn-stopping pin is provided to an outermost peripheral surface of the floating ring facing the inner periphery of the casing so as to protrude radially outward, wherein the turn-stopping pin is loosely fitted into a groove formed radially outward from the inner periphery of the casing so as to allow the floating ring to move to match the center of the floating ring and the center of the rotating shaft by dynamic pressure generated by the grooves when in use.

2. A sealing device provided with a floating ring between an outer periphery of a rotating shaft and an inner periphery of a casing, the sealing device being characterized in that:
a barrier fluid supply hole for supplying a barrier fluid toward an inner peripheral surface of the floating ring is provided, and
a plurality of inversely directed dynamic pressure generation grooves for creating an action, whereby a sealed fluid on a sealed fluid side attempting to leak out to an atmospheric side is pushed back upstream and an axis of the floating ring and an axis of the rotating shaft are to be aligned when in use, are provided and discretely aligned along one circle on an inner peripheral surface of the floating ring in a circumferential direction in a manner continuously overlapping each other as viewed in a direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction, all the grooves being inclined with respect to the circumferential direction and closed at least on the atmospheric side,
wherein the floating ring is disposed between and in contact with an atmospheric fluid and the sealed fluid that attempts to leak out downstream to the atmospheric fluid along the inner peripheral surface of the floating ring and that is pushed back upstream by dynamic pressure generated by the grooves when in use, and
a turn-stopping pin is provided to an outermost peripheral surface of the floating ring facing the inner periphery of the casing so as to protrude radially outward, wherein the turn-stopping pin is loosely fitted into a groove formed radially outward from the inner periphery of the casing so as to allow the floating ring to move to match the center of the floating ring and the center of the rotating shaft by dynamic pressure generated by the grooves when in use.

3. The sealing device according to claim 2 , characterized in that a plurality of the barrier fluid supply holes are provided in the circumferential direction, an inner periphery groove is provided to the inner peripheral surface of the floating ring so as to connect the plurality of barrier fluid supply holes, and the dynamic pressure generation grooves are installed so as to be connected to the inner periphery groove.

4. The sealing device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the dynamic pressure generation grooves are provided to the inner peripheral surface of the floating ring on the sealed fluid side with reference to the inner periphery groove.

5. The sealing device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the dynamic pressure generation grooves are provided to the inner peripheral surface of the floating ring on the atmospheric side with reference to the inner periphery groove.

6. The sealing device according to claim 3 , characterized in that the dynamic pressure generation grooves are provided to the inner peripheral surface of the floating ring on the sealed fluid side and the atmospheric side of the inner periphery groove.

7. The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the dynamic pressure generation grooves are arranged such that the dynamic pressure generated by the grooves can keep a center of the floating ring and an axial center of the rotating shaft matched when in use.

8. The sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein the dynamic pressure generation grooves are arranged such that the dynamic pressure generated by the grooves can keep a center of the floating ring and an axial center of the rotating shaft matched when in use.

Assignees

• Inoue Hideyuki
• Eagle Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Inoue Hideyuki

Classifications

• F16J15/441 Primary

  with floating ring · CPC title

• F04D29/106

  especially adapted for liquid pumps · CPC title