Belt installation tool
OwnerJohn Ellis, Barry Fletcher +1inventors
InventorsJohn Ellis, Barry Fletcher, John Martin Shaw
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Abstract
A belt installation tool having a substantially planar body having a circumferential surface and a roller. The roller radially projects from the body. An axis of rotation of the roller is disposed cooperatively with a belt urging member. The belt urging member projects from an outer flange. The roller urges a belt slightly radially outward from a pulley center. The belt urging member then urges the belt laterally to install the belt in a pulley groove. A second roller projecting radially from the body and having an axis of rotation parallel to the body is used to remove a belt from a pulley.
Claims11
A tool comprising:
- a body having an axis of rotation;
- an urging member connected to an outer circumferential portion of the body, the urging member disposed with respect to the body axis of rotation to laterally urge a belt into a pulley;
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- a roller extending radially beyond the outer portion of the body, the roller having an axis of rotation parallel with the body axis of rotation and disposed to facilitate a belt movement over the roller toward the urging member.
A tool comprising;
- a body having an outer circumferential surface and an axis of rotation;
- a first roller and a second roller rotatably connected to the body, an axis of rotation of the first roller and second roller parallel to the body axis of rotation;
- an urging member attached to the outer circumferential surface for laterally urging a belt into a pulley groove, the urging member cooperatively disposed with the first roller;
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- a surface attached to the outer circumferential surface for slidingly engaging a belt, the surface cooperatively disposed with the second roller.
A tool comprising;
- a body having an axis of rotation;
- a roller means extending radially from the body and having an axis of rotation parallel to the body axis of rotation, the roller means for engaging a belt;
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- a surface on the body cooperatively disposed with the roller for slidingly engaging the belt as the tool is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.