2) United States Patent
Li
($4) PROCESS DIAPHRAGM SEAL
(71) Applicant: Rosemount Ine., Shukopee, MN (US
(2) Inventor
Baogang Li. Beijing (CN)
(73) Assignee: ROSEMOUN
Ws)
INC., Shakopee, MN
(*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
pateat is extended or adjusted under 35
USC. 154(b) by 188 days
(21) Appl. Nos 161088,869
(22) PCT Filed: Jul 13, 2018
(86) PCT No,
§ 371 (X0),
(2) Date:
POTICN 20180095583
Sep. 26, 2018
(n)
PCT Pub, Nos WO2020/010606
PCT Pub. Date: Jan. 16, 2020
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6 ABSTRACT
Aprocess diaphragm seal includes seal bods, diaphragm,
‘and a ring member. The seal body includes a flange that
surrounds 2 cavity. The diaphragm ineludes an aetive portion
that extends over the cavity and a peripheral portion that
surrounds the ative portion, The ring. member lamps the
peripheral portion ofthe diaphmgm to an onter wall of the
Range through an interference fit between an innee wall of
the ring member and the outer wall of the flange, A seal is
formed between the peripheral portion ofthe diaphragm and
the outer wall of the Mange.
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TEMPERATURE,
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AND THE RING MEMBER
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CREATE A DIMENSIONAL GAP BETWEEN THE 172
INTERIOR DIAMETER OF THE INNER WALL OF
THE RING MEMBER AND THE EXTERIOR
DIAMETER OF THE OUTER WALL OF THE FLANGE
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PLACE THE RING MEMBER AROUND. 176
THE PERIPHERAL PORTION OF THE
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THE DIAPHRAGM BETWEEN THE INNE]
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PROCESS DIAPHRAGM SEAL
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED
APPLICATION
‘This Application is a Section 371 National Stage Api
‘eation of Intemational Application No. PCTICN2018/
(095583, filed Jul. 13, 2018, not yet published, the contents
‘of which are hereby incorporated by referenee in their
irety.
‘TECHNICAL FIELD
[Embodiments of the present disclosure relate tothe pro=
‘ess indusry. More specifically, embodiments ofthe present
disclosure relate to an isolation diaphragm or “diaphragm
seca, sueh a the type used to couple an industrial process
measurement instrument to an industrial process i which 9
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