comprises a generally cylindrical metal shell and an elastomeric sealing liner bonded to the inner surface of the shell the sealing liner has two sealing zones and a gradual ramp formation for centering and guiding the pipe thereinto during assembly application_number US 66953184 A description referring with greater particularity to the disclosure of the drawings fig1 discloses a pipe sealing arrangement utilizing a prior art seal indicated generally by the reference character 10 pipe seal 10 comprises a cylindrial metal shell 12 having an integral outwardly flaring flange 14 at its forward end the shell 12 is formed with an inwardly tapering frusto conical segment 16 an elastomeric liner 18 is bonded to the inner surface of the shell 12 and over the segment 16 thereof the liner 18 comprises an inwardly tapering front lip 20 and an axially spaced annular lip 22 the pipe seal 10 is snugly press fitted within the bore 24 of a high pressure chamber 26 to complete the operational assembly of the sealing arrangement it is necessary to insert a suitably sized pipe such as 28 into the pipe seal 10 since compression of the annular lip 22 is required the pipe 28 must be forced into and through the pipe seal 10 as illustrated the leading edge of the pipe 28 was lodged against and was impeded by the annular lip 22 frequently this assembly operation resulted in damage to the lip 22 and loss of sealing efficiency even when non injurious assembly was achieved the annular lip 22 afforded a relatively narrow zone or area of sealing contact with the pipe turning now to fig2 through 4 of the drawings the improved pipe seal of the invention is.