Claims
- 1. A gasket comprising a base plate having a gasket periphery, a bore positioned in the gasket periphery, a flat reference plane, a half bead structure integrally formed at least on one side of said flat reference plane of said base plate, at least around one of the gasket periphery and said bore, wherein said half bead structure has plural half beads each comprising a first slope portion, a first planar portion, a second slope portion and a second planar portion in order, the first and second planar portions being parallel to said reference plane, and wherein said plural half beads of each of said structure are arranged in a contiguous plural steps manner so as to be movable.
- 2. A gasket according to claim 1, wherein heights of said half beads are equal to each other and lengths of the slope portions are equal to each other.
- 3. A gasket according to claim 1, wherein heights of said half beads are different from each other and lengths of said slope portions are different from each other.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This is a continuing application of application Ser. No. 08/614,137, filed Mar. 12, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,725,222.
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