Corrugated gasket core with profiled surface

摘要

A gasket is provided comprising a gasket core having an outer portion and an inner portion defining an aperture, and opposing first and second faces, wherein at least a portion of the core is corrugated through its thickness and at least one face is at least partially profiled, and a gasketing material disposed upon said at least one partially profiled face. The profiling comprises a series of concentric grooves formed into the core material and the corrugation preferably comprises a sinusoidal-shaped wave comprising concentric rings of peaks and valleys.