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EP 1508696 B1 20060315 - Sealing arrangement for a cylinder-piston system

Title (en)

Sealing arrangement for a cylinder-piston system

Title (de)

Dichtungsanordnung für ein Zylinder-Kolben-System

Title (fr)

Dispositif d'étanchéité pour un système cylindre-piston

Publication

EP 1508696 B1 20060315 (DE)

Application

EP 04016803 A 20040716

Priority

DE 10337298 A 20030814

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1508696A1] The sealing arrangement for a cylinder-and-piston system, in particular, in vacuum pumps comprises circumferential sealing elements (5) with free sections (5b) of which at least the one nearest to the compression space (4) is oriented away from this space.

IPC 8 full level

F04B 53/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F04B 53/143 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1508696 A1 20050223; EP 1508696 B1 20060315; AT E320560 T1 20060415; DE 10337298 A1 20050303; DE 502004000347 D1 20060511

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04016803 A 20040716; AT 04016803 T 20040716; DE 10337298 A 20030814; DE 502004000347 T 20040716