Title: Profiled gasket for sealing tunnel segment joints

Abstract: Profiled gasket for sealing tunnel segment joints, which is placed in a receiving groove in this segment and which is made of a body of rubber or an elastically deformable synthetic material, said body having at the one side two outer legs, within which there at least two inner legs, a slot being provided between each two legs, at least the upper part of the slot formed by each outer leg and its neighboring inner leg lying within the outer plane of the other side of the body.

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Inventors: de Munck, Eduard H. L. (The Hague, NL)

Application Number: 961903
Filing Date: 1978-11-20
Publication_date: 1980-04-22
Assignee: Vredestein N.V. (The Hague, NL)
Primary Class(es): 277/648 49/475.1, 277/921, 404/65, 405/135, 405/147, 405/152
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US Patent Ref:

2230303	Feb, 1941	Leguillon	404/65.
3363383	Jan, 1968	La Barge	404/65.
3367693	Feb, 1968	Weltman	277/211.
3750411	Aug, 1973	Shimizu	405/135.
3831950	Aug, 1974	Bentley et al.	277/211.
4045037	Aug, 1977	Pippert	277/205.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Ward, Jr., Robert S.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Flocks; Karl W.