ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,036, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BHS-Sonthofen GmbH (Sonthofen, Germany).
"Device for tensioning a stuffing box packing" was invented by Wolfgang Labisch (Sonthofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for tensioning a stuffing box packing which abuts against a superordinate assembly which is to be sealed by the stuffing box packing and which, such as the stuffing box packing, does not belong to the tensioning device. The device comprises a stuffing box gland, which is designed and intended to abut against a free side of the stuffing box packing, and a plurality of tensioning elements, which are design...