Sealing device for a pressure fluid cylinder without piston rod

Abstract

A pressure fluid cylinder without a piston rod and of the kind having a slotted cylinder tube (1) and a piston displaceable therein, said piston being connected to a movement transfer device, which extends radially through the slot. The slot is sealed axially on each side of the piston by means of internal and external sealing strips (31,32) consisting of a flexible sealing band (37, 38) as well as retention means (44,45) extending into the slot and securing a releasable mechanical engagement with each other or, by friction, with the side walls of the slot.

I claim: 
     
       1. A sealing device for a pressure fluid cylinder without a piston rod and of the kind comprising a cylinder tube (1) having a longitudinal slot (4), end covers (2) closing .[.the.]. ends of said cylinder tube, a piston (3) axially movable in said cylinder tube, and operable by pressurized fluid, and a movement transfer device (19) connected to said piston extending substantially radially outwards through said slot, said device including an internal flexible sealing strip (31') having side edges and arranged to seal the slot from the inside axially on each side of the piston, said internal sealing strip comprising a flexible sealing band (37) which is wider than the slot and engages with its .[.edge portions.]. .Iadd.side edges ep sealingly against the cylinder tube at each transversal side of the slot, and retention means (73, 74; 75, 76) secured to the sealing band .Iadd.and .Iaddend.extending into the slot between .[.the.]. side walls (71, 72) thereof and being in releasable mechanical engagement with said side walls, said retention means including a pair of legs affixed to said sealing strip at locations spaced from the side edges of said sealing strip and extending obliquely therefrom to diverge away from each other toward the strip side edges .[.for.]. .Iadd.and .Iaddend.being located .[.with.]. .Iadd.within .Iaddend.the slot, each leg having a portion which engages an associated side wall inside the slot and spaced inwardly of the strip side edges so that the outwardly directed legs engage the side walls at an angle for exerting a force against such associated side walls which increases as the sealing strip flexes into the slot under influence of pressure from within the cylinder tube. 
     
     
       2. A device as defined in claim 1, .[.characterized in that.]. .Iadd.wherein .Iaddend.said retention means comprise elements (75, 76) distributed longitudinally along the sealing strip (37). 
     
     
       3. A device as defined in claim 1, .[.characterized in that.]. .Iadd.wherein .Iaddend.said retention means comprise a continuous profile element (73, 74, 77). 
     
     
       4. A device as defined in claim 1, .[.characterized in that the edge portions.]. .Iadd.wherein the side edges .Iaddend.of the sealing band (37) of the internal sealing strip (31') are bevelled into a sharp edge on the side of the sealing band facing the slot (4) of the cylinder tube (1). .Iadd. 
     
     
       5.  A sealing device for a pressure fluid cylinder without a piston rod and of the kind comprising a cylinder tube having a longitudinal slot, end covers closing ends of said cylinder tube, a piston axially movable in said cylinder tube and operable by pressurized fluid, and a movement transfer device connected to said piston extending substantially radially outwards through said slot, said device including an internal flexible sealing strip having side edges and arranged to seal the slot from the inside axially on each side of the piston, said internal sealing strip comprising a flexible sealing band which is wider than the slot and engages with its side edges sealingly against the inside of the cylinder tube at each transversal side of the slot, and a profile member being made of elastomeric material, said profile member including a base portion, which is secured to the sealing band centrally between said side edges thereof, and which is narrower than the slot so as to be freely insertable radially into the slot between side walls thereof, and a retaining portion, which is located radially outwardly of said base portion and comprises a pair of legs which diverge transversally away from said base portion, each leg having an external portion which resiliently engages an associated side wall of the slot at a location spaced radially outwardly from said sealing band so as to mechanically retain the profile member in a position within the slot and thereby hold the sealing band in sealing engagement with the inside of the cylinder tube..Iaddend. .Iadd. 
     
     
       6.  A sealing device as defined in claim 5, wherein said profile member is continuous..Iaddend. .Iadd.7. A sealing device as defined in claim 5, wherein said legs extend obliquely outwardly from said base portion..Iaddend. .Iadd.8. A sealing device as defined in claim 5, wherein said legs engage with bias against the side walls of the slot so as to exert a retaining frictional grip..Iaddend. .Iadd.9. A sealing device as defined in claim 5, wherein said side edges of said flexible sealing band are bevelled into a sharp edge on the side of the sealing band facing said slot..Iaddend. .Iadd.10. A sealing device as defined in claim 5, wherein said profile member is glued or vulcanized onto said sealing band..Iaddend. .Iadd.11. A sealing device as defined in claim 5, wherein said sealing band consists of a flexible wear resistant and corrosion resistant material..Iaddend. .Iadd.12. A sealing device as defined in claim 11, wherein said wear resistant and corrosion resistant material is a metallic material..Iaddend. .Iadd.13. A sealing device as defined in claim 5, wherein said legs are provided with bevelled edges at their free ends so as to facilitate the insertion of said profile member into said slot..Iaddend.