Inventors:
Erland Wolff - Greenbrae CA
Assignee:
Jude Engineering, Inc. - San Francisco CA
International Classification:
F16J 1518
Abstract:
Stuffing box, comprising two hollow annuli spaced apart and adapted to surround a shaft spaced from it, the annuli having annular flanges projecting towards each other. A flexible tube is provided having its opposite ends seating on the annular flanges and secured thereto in gas-tight manner, and a rigid tube is situated within the flexible tube and spaced radially from it and adapted to surround the shaft and to be spaced from it. A radially inwardly extending flange is provided at one end of the rigid tube, together with packing rings within the rigid tube, and a tubular presser member is situated in the other end of the rigid tube. Means is provided for supporting the presser member and urging it into the rigid tube to compress the packing rings against the flange.