Sealings

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:: ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
Subclass:: PISTONS; CYLINDERS; PRESSURE VESSELS IN GENERAL; SEALINGS

Scope Notes

Application references: Sealing arrangements for vehicle windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices Sealing or packing elements for container closures Sealings for general building constructions Sealing arrangements on wings or parts co-operating with wings Sealing arrangements in rotary-piston machines or engines Sealings in non-positive-displacement machines or engines Arrangements of sealings in combustion engines Sealing arrangements in rotary-piston pumps Sealing lead-in or lead-through insulators

Related Keywords

sealing of engineering JOINTSRING(S) sealingsSEALING between relatively moving partsSEALING of mechanical joints in general

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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F16J 15/02 between relatively-stationary surfaces
F16J 15/16 between relatively-moving surfaces
F16J 15/44 Free-space packings
F16J 15/46 with packing ring expanded or pressed into place by fluid pressure, e.g. inflatable packings
F16J 15/5 between relatively-movable members, by means of a sealing without relatively-moving surfaces, e.g. fluid-tight sealings for transmitting motion through a wall
F16J 15/53 using magnetic means
F16J 15/54 Other sealings for rotating shafts
F16J 15/56 Other sealings for reciprocating rods