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Belt tensioner

US4583961A · kind A · utility

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2References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 1984
Grant dateApr 22, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 15, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2007/0893
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A belt tensioner for use of a V-belt which is spanned between a driving member and a driven member. The belt tensioner has an adjust bolt to be rotated by a worker, a bracket which slidably supports a slider secured to the driven member. The adjust bolt comprises a head portion, a first shaft portion which has a threaded relation with a hole within the bracket, and a second shaft portion which has a thread relation with the slider. Further, a spring is provided between the head portion of the adjust bolt and the bracket to bias the adjust bolt in such a direction as the head portion of the adjust bolt is separate away from the bracket, thereby obtaining an optimum belt tension force.

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