Guide plate for a silent chain
US6383105B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 24, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16H7/06
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A guide plate a for silent chain is substantially arch-shaped and has a pair of pin holes formed therein at a position adjacent to opposite free ends of the arch-shaped guide plate. The arch-shaped guide plate further has an arcuate inner peripheral surface and an arcuate outer peripheral surface both extending arcuately about a center located at the midpoint of a pitch line segment interconnecting the pair of pin holes. The arcuate inner peripheral surface has a radius of curvature which is in the range of 35 to 45% of the chain pitch, and the arcuate outer peripheral surface is blended with the opposite free ends of the arch-shaped guide plate.
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