Movable barrier systems and methods associated with movable barrier systems
AssigneeThe Chamberlain Group, Inc.
InventorJorge Castrejon Atonal
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Abstract
Movable barrier systems, driving assemblies for movable barrier systems, and methods associated with movable barrier systems are provided. A driving assembly for a movable barrier system includes a belt; a cable coupled to the belt; and a guide component disposed adjacent to a first interface between the cable and the belt.
Claims19
A driving assembly configured to be driven by a movable barrier operator to adjust a relative position of a movable barrier, the driving assembly comprising:
- a belt;
- a cable coupled to the belt;
- and
- a guide component disposed adjacent to a first interface between the cable and the belt, wherein the guide comprises a body including:
- a guide surface that guides the belt in a normal operating state as the driving assembly is driven by the movable barrier operator;
- and
- an adjustment surface that reorients the body to adjust the belt from a twisted operating state to the normal operating state as the driving assembly is driven by the movable barrier operator.
A driving assembly configured to be driven by a movable barrier operator to adjust a relative position of a movable barrier, the driving assembly comprising:
- a belt;
- a cable coupled to the belt, and
- a guide component disposed adjacent to a first interface between the cable and the belt, wherein the guide comprises a body including an adjustment surface that reorients the body to adjust the belt from a twisted operating state to a normal operating state as the driving assembly is driven by the movable barrier operator.
A driving assembly configured to be driven by a movable barrier operator to adjust a relative position of a movable barrier, the driving assembly including an endless loop comprising:
- a guide component;
- a belt having a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a cable having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first ends of the belt and cable are coupled together at a first interface, and wherein the second ends of the belt and cable are coupled together at a second interface;
- wherein the guide component is disposed at the first interface, wherein the second interface is formed through a trolley movably coupled to a rail to raise and lower the movable barrier, wherein the guide component comprises a body including a guide surface that guides the belt in a normal operating state as the driving assembly is driven by the movable barrier operator, and wherein the body of the guide component further comprises an adjustment surface that reorients the body to adjust the belt from a twisted operating state to the normal operating state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.