US 12,066,058 B2
Fastening for a support assembly for food applications
Fausto Baracca, Massa (IT); Fabio Falaschi, Carrara (IT); and Fabio Cavacece, Rome (IT)
Assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, (SE)
Filed by AKTIEBOLAGET SKF, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,732.
Application 18/379,732 is a continuation of application No. 17/712,215, filed on Apr. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,828,330.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000008996 (IT), filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0044372 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. F16C 33/72 (2006.01); F16C 33/78 (2006.01); F16C 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/723 (2013.01) [F16C 33/782 (2013.01); F16C 35/045 (2013.01); F16C 2226/72 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing system comprising:
a casing comprising:
an internal seat;
a front edge;
an opening defined by the internal seat and the front edge of the casing;
a radially external lateral surface defining an annular seat, the annular seat comprising:
an annular groove axially spaced from the front edge and comprising one or more mechanical stops; and
a plurality of axial grooves connected to the annular groove and interrupting radially at least part of the front edge, wherein the annular groove defines a bottom wall circumferentially provided with a plurality of projections spaced from one another and defining a plurality of depressions, wherein the projections are arranged circumferentially offset with respect to the plurality of axial grooves; and
a cover comprising:
a bottom wall; and
an annular coupling portion axially distal to the bottom wall, wherein a radially inner surface of the annular coupling portion comprises a plurality of teeth projecting radially inward and spaced circumferentially from each other,
wherein the annular seat is configured to receive the at least one pair of teeth of the annular coupling portion of the cover, and
a number of axial grooves of the casing equals a number of teeth of the cover.