Chain guide
AssigneeTsubakimoto Chain Co.
InventorsYuichiro Ishikawa, Masahiko Konno
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Abstract
A chain guide is provided which has a simple configuration, decreases the occupation space inside an engine room, while maintaining the necessary strength, rigidity, and durability, reduces the number of production steps and material waste, reduces the production cost, prevents vibrations and breaks during the use, and has high utility. A chain guide includes a guide shoe and a base member supporting the guide shoe along the chain running direction. A first insertion groove for receiving insertion of one end portion of the base member to fix the same and a second insertion groove for receiving insertion of the other end portion to fix the same are provided below the running guide portion 111 of the guide shoe.
Claims6
A chain guide comprising:
- a guide shoe slidingly guiding a running chain;
- and a base member supporting the guide shoe along a chain running direction,
- the guide shoe having a running guide portion extending in the chain running direction and at least one shoe mounting portion extending perpendicular to the chain running direction,
- the chain guide further comprising an insertion groove, into which the base member can be inserted from a width direction to be fixed, below the running guide portion,
- the insertion groove being constituted by a first insertion groove for receiving insertion of one end portion of the base member to fix the same and a second insertion groove for receiving insertion of the other end portion to fix the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.