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US 12,000,482 B2Granted
Ring tensioner
AssigneeThe Gates Corporation
InventorAndrzej Dec
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Abstract
Ring tensioners having a plurality of rungs that extend from a first side to an opposite second side of the ring tensioner, in use, the rungs engaging between the teeth of a toothed belt. Both the first side and the second side of the ring tensioner are not continuous but have gaps. The gaps on the first side alternate with the gaps on the second side. The ring tensioners may be formed from a single length of wire.
Claims17
A ring tensioner comprising:
- a plurality of equally spaced parallel rungs, each rung having a first end and a second end, the first ends of the rungs at a first side of the ring tensioner and the second ends of the rungs at a second side of the ring tensioner;
- a first circumferential edge at the first side of the ring tensioner that is not continuous;
- and
- a second circumferential edge at the second side of the ring tensioner that is not continuous.
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A ring tensioner comprising:
- a plurality of parallel rungs and radiused portions, each radiused portion connecting two adjacent rungs;
- a first circumferential edge of the ring tensioner that is not continuous;
- a second circumferential edge of the ring tensioner that is not continuous, wherein the first circumferential edge comprises gaps alternating with the radiused portions;
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- the second circumferential edge comprises gaps alternating with the radiused portions,
- where the gaps in the first circumferential edge alternate with the gaps in the second circumferential edge.
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A ring tensioner comprising:
- a plurality of pairs of parallel rungs, where each pair of parallel rungs has a first rung and a second rung that are connected to each other at only one end of each of the first rung and the second rung by a radiused portion, where adjacent pairs of parallel rungs share one rung, wherein
- a first circumferential edge of the ring tensioner comprises gaps alternating with the radiused portions;
- and
- a second circumferential edge of the ring tensioner comprises gaps alternating with the radiused portions, where the gaps in the first circumferential edge alternate with the gaps in the second circumferential edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.