A structure for mounting a gasket on a block includes a block with a fluid channel and an annular gasket surrounding an opening of the fluid channel. The block has an annular inner wall and an annular outer wall. The annular inner wall is made of resin and located radially outside the opening of the fluid channel. The annular outer wall is made of resin and located radially outside the annular inner wall. The annular inner wall and the annular outer wall allow an axial side of the gasket to be press-fitted therebetween and are elastically deformable in their radial directions.

An integrated block 1 serving as a fluid device includes: a flow port 13 open to form one end of a passage P; an annular groove 14 arranged along an outer circumferential edge of the flow port 13, the annular groove 14 being open so as to insert the gasket 2 therein; a first tapered portion 17 arranged on a radially-inner side interior wall 14b of the annular groove 14 and sloped radially outward from an open end of the annular groove 14 in a depth direction of the annular groove 14; and a guide 18 arranged on a radially-outer side interior wall 14a of the annular groove 14, extending throughout a predetermined range D from the open end of the annular groove 14 in the depth direction, and having a larger diameter than an outer circumferential surface 22a of a second sealing portion 22 of the gasket 2.

An integrated block 1 serving as a fluid device includes: a flow port 13 open to form one end of a passage P; an annular groove 14 arranged along an outer circumferential edge of the flow port 13, the annular groove 14 being open so as to insert the gasket 2 therein; a first tapered portion 17 arranged on a radially-inner side interior wall 14b of the annular groove 14 and sloped radially outward from an open end of the annular groove 14 in a depth direction of the annular groove 14; and a guide 18 arranged on a radially-outer side interior wall 14a of the annular groove 14, extending throughout a predetermined range D from the open end of the annular groove 14 in the depth direction, and having a larger diameter than an outer circumferential surface 22a of a second sealing portion 22 of the gasket 2.

An O-ring seal system for pipe flanges having a backing ring, an O-ring seal positioned within the backing ring, and a vacuum ring positioned within the O-ring seal. The backing ring and the vacuum ring form a rigid base against which mating flanges on pipes can be bolted together, thereby preventing bending of the mating flanges and permitting flange bolts to be torqued to their full tensile load limit without damage to the mating flanges. The O-ring seal system is constructed so that the O-ring seal is retained between the mating flanges without the need to position the O-ring seal in a groove in one of the mating flanges. Bending of the flanges is minimized since the flanges are clamped against the backing ring, minimizing stresses due to bending, thereby extending the service life of the flanges.

An O-ring seal system for pipe flanges having a backing ring, an O-ring seal positioned within the backing ring, and a vacuum ring positioned within the O-ring seal. The backing ring and the vacuum ring form a rigid base against which mating flanges on pipes can be bolted together, thereby preventing bending of the mating flanges and permitting flange bolts to be torqued to their full tensile load limit without damage to the mating flanges. The O-ring seal system is constructed so that the O-ring seal is retained between the mating flanges without the need to position the O-ring seal in a groove in one of the mating flanges. Bending of the flanges is minimized since the flanges are clamped against the backing ring, minimizing stresses due to bending, thereby extending the service life of the flanges.

A gasket-mounting structure includes a mounting member and a gasket. The mounting member includes a first base, an outer sleeve protruding from the first base, an inner sleeve protruding from the first base in the same direction of the outer sleeve radially inside the outer sleeve, and a groove surrounded by the first base, the outer sleeve, and the inner sleeve. The gasket includes an annular second base, an annular outer protrusion extending from the second base to be pressed in the groove, and an annular inner protrusion extending from the second base to be axially pressed on the inner sleeve radially inside the outer protrusion such that the inner sleeve is radially placed between the outer protrusion and the inner protrusion.

An end-fitting and an unbonded flexible pipe, where the unbonded flexible pipe includes from the inside and out an internal pressure sheath, at least one armor layer and an outer sheath, the end-fitting further includes a sealing element. The sealing element includes a seal casing concentrically arranged around the internal pressure sheath, the seal casing includes a recess in which a first sealing element is concentrically arranged around the internal pressure sheath such that the surface of the first sealing element at least forms a line contact with the internal pressure sheath, and a second sealing element is concentrically arranged around the internal pressure sheath in the recess such that the surface of the second sealing element at least form a line contact with the surface of the seal casing and form a line contact with the surface of the first sealing element.

An end-fitting and an unbonded flexible pipe, where the unbonded flexible pipe includes from the inside and out an internal pressure sheath, at least one armor layer and an outer sheath, the end-fitting further includes a sealing element. The sealing element includes a seal casing concentrically arranged around the internal pressure sheath, the seal casing includes a recess in which a first sealing element is concentrically arranged around the internal pressure sheath such that the surface of the first sealing element at least forms a line contact with the internal pressure sheath, and a second sealing element is concentrically arranged around the internal pressure sheath in the recess such that the surface of the second sealing element at least form a line contact with the surface of the seal casing and form a line contact with the surface of the first sealing element.

A machine according to at least one embodiment of the present invention comprises a rubber material to be supplied with an oil product containing a softener, wherein an absolute difference between a solubility parameter of the softener and a solubility parameter of the rubber material is 1.7 or less. The machine having a communication portion connecting the rubber material and an outside of the machine, and is configured to supply the oil product from a first end of the communication portion to a second end of the communication portion.

An O-ring seal system for pipe flanges having a backing ring, an O-ring seal positioned within the backing ring, and a vacuum ring positioned within the O-ring seal. The backing ring and the vacuum ring form a rigid base against which mating flanges on pipes can be bolted together, thereby preventing bending of the mating flanges and permitting flange bolts to be torqued to their full tensile load limit without damage to the mating flanges. The O-ring seal system is constructed so that the O-ring seal is retained between the mating flanges without the need to position the O-ring seal in a groove in one of the mating flanges. Bending of the flanges is minimized since the flanges are clamped against the backing ring, minimizing stresses due to bending, thereby extending the service life of the flanges.