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Traveling guide shoe for a roller chain

US5961411A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1997
Grant dateOct 5, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2007/185
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

For enhanced durability, a traveling guide shoe for a roller chain has a cross-sectional shape with a base slide guide surface 12 which engages only the bottoms of the side link plates of the chain on a chain-incoming-end, a projecting rolling guide surface 13 which engages only the rollers of the chain at an intermediate portion of the shoe. The base surface 12 and the projecting surface 13 are connected with each other through a continuous transfer surface 13.

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