Automatic tensioning and damping element for endless chain drives

US5551926A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Siegfried Ebert · Camburg, DE
• Ilona Ebert · Camburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 27, 1995
• Grant date: Sep 3, 1996
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2007/0891
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic tensioning and damping element for endless chain drives includes an elastically deformable which automatic tensioning and damping element (3) exhibits a on its outer surface a guide profile matching the profile of the chain with a guide play and which automatic tensioning and damping element (3) is disposed pretensioned between the load strand (1) and the loose strand (2). The automatic tensioning and damping element (3) supports itself slidingly in the loose strand angle and is thus automatically controlling and self-adjusting in its distance relative to the chain wheels.