Belt tensioning device

US5772549A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Muhr und Bender · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Berndt · Hof, DE
• Joachim Jud · Daaden, DE
• Asmus Koch · Cologne, DE
• Uirich Roth · Neunkhausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 12, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 30, 1998
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2007/081
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to belt tensioning device (1) with a receiver housing (2), a roller carrier (3) connected to the receiver housing (2), a spring-loaded bearing means (5) between the receiver housing (2) and the roller carrier (3), and a spring element (6) which acts between the receiver housing (2) and the roller carrier (3) for applying a tensioning force. To simplify the structure of belt tensioning device (1) and to cut production costs, according to the invention, the spring element (6) used for spring loading of the bearing means (5) in addition to being used for applying the belt tensioning force to the pulley carrier.