Manway Gasket

• Main Authors: OESTERMEYER DAVID A, BOROWSKI ANDREW J, DEGUTIS ALEX V
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.06.2012
• Subjects: BLASTING; BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES; CYLINDERS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PISTONS; RAILWAYS; SEALINGS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A gasket for a railroad car manway nozzle and cover includes an inner leg portion and an outer leg portion joined by a generally planar annular body portion defining an upper annular cover sealing surface and a lower annular nozzle body sealing surface. Concentric annular chevrons are formed on the upper and lower annular sealing surfaces. In one form, the chevrons have a uniform height relative to the upper and lower sealing surfaces. In a modified form, the height of the chevrons varies relative to the surfaces from the which they extend. The height of the chevrons is a minimum where the gasket is radially aligned with cover clamping bolts and a maximum at radial locations midway between clamping bolts. A tab depending from the outer leg portion provides visual verification of the presence of the gasket.