Chain wheel
US5984817A · kind A · utility
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17Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H2055/306
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Chain wheel for a chain drive assembly having a driven and/or driving chain wheel including teeth and tooth spaces, the flanks or profiles of which optionally are defined by circle sections or involutes, each tooth space being designed with a concave roll bed having a geometrically defined center of curvature continued into the adjacent entry and exit profiles, wherein said tooth space is designed asymmetrically on behalf of the steepnesses of its entry and exit profiles and related to a reference plane containing said center of curvature and the axis of said chain wheel.
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