Patent · US Expired

Variable speed drive clutch

US4395249A · kind A · utility

14Cited by
5References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 1980
Grant dateJul 26, 1983
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H57/05
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a V-belt drive having a rotating pulley and an annular flange formed about the pulley axis and extending axially from a side of the pulley; a plurality of vanes extending from the radial outer surface of the flange; a plurality of air passages extending through the flange with each passage having an axis directed radially outwardly and toward the plane of said pulley, said passages being close to but in trailing relation to a vane.

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