An article includes an object and a sealing member. The object includes a cavity formed therein. The sealing member includes sealant and a carrier to which the sealant is attached. At least one of the carrier and the object includes attachment means whereby the carrier is configured to be attached to the object such that at least a portion of the sealant is retained within the cavity.

A grommet is formed with elastomeric portions and relatively rigid portions by multi-shot core injection molding. The grommet. includes a head and a shank. The head includes a central planar area of the relatively rigid material, such as nylon. The head further includes a lower layer of elastomeric material, facing the shank, which serves as a seal or washer. The head further includes an upper layer of elastomeric material which includes countersunk portions around the blind aperture which is fo...

An air duct system for use with mining machines in dust collection systems is connectable between a suction source and the cutting area of a mining machine and has two duct sections movable relative to each other. One duct section is mounted on the cutter boom of the mining machine and has an extendable upper wall, connected through a hinged plate, that abuts a wall of the first duct section which is mounted on the mining machine body. A lower hinged plate connected to the bottom wall of the duc...

A shipping and storage container comprising a containing portion defining a containing chamber, a lid defining a second chamber, and an expansible/contractable member positioned between the containing portion and the lid. The expansible/contractable member allows expansion/contraction of the atmosphere within the containing chamber.

A sealed container (10) of metal material is filled with powdered metal through a fill passageway (14) and sealed with a steel ball (24) forced into the fill passageway (14) of the container (10) while the container (10) is under a vacuum environment. Thereafter, a second cylindrical sealing plug (32) is forced into the fill passageway (14) to engage the first spherical sealing plug (24) and has a gas passageway (34) therein for allowing the escape of gases between the two plugs as the second pl...

The showcase includes a closure mechanism which compresses a seal by pulling the door panels against the main frame from inside. To this aim, a closure rod is mounted to the main frame which has alternating segments with expanded and contracted cross-sections, and a plurality of binding elements are mounted to the door panel for engagement by the rod. Each binding element has a rod-receiving socket of sufficient width to accommodate the expanded cross-section segments of the rod; the socket is f...

An electrical connecting system for electrically connecting a vehicle door to a vehicle body includes a wiring harness with first and second electrical connectors. The wiring harness extends between the vehicle door and body and is surrounded by a flexible covering which protects the wiring harness from outside contaminants. A fastener holds the first and second electrical connectors securely together and partially extends through the flexible covering such that the fastener is easily accessible...

The present invention provides a sealed battery having a large capacity by using a thin safety valve device so as to increase a volume of a cell element. The sealed battery has a high safety owing to the thin safety valve device having an elastic valve element comprising an ethylene-propylene elastomer and thermoplastic resin particles dispersed in the ethylene-propylene elastomer. The elastic valve element is produced by mixing thermoplastic resin particles with an ethylene-propylene elastomer ...

A sealed joint between concentric inner and outer cylindrical members comprises an annular sleeve of flexible fluid impervious material of U-shaped cross section having the end of one leg secured to the inner surface of the outer cylindrical member and the end of the other leg secured to the outer surface of the inner cylindrical member. The sleeve can be a double sleeve, of closed configuration. The ends of the double sleeve can be spaced apart, or secured together, or integral. A fluid under p...

A sealed container stores therein liquid such as eye drops in a sealed state. For dispensing the liquid first time, the factory-sealed outlet of the liquid is to be unsealed with a needled of a liquid discharge plug fitted within a cap in association with a user's operation of the cap in a loosening or tightening direction when the liquid is first dispensed therefrom. The container includes a one-way rotation preventing mechanism provided respectively at mutually opposing portions of a liquid di...