Chain guide mechanism
AssigneeTsubakimoto Chain Co.
InventorYuji Kurematsu
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Abstract
The chain guide mechanism includes a slack side guide, a tension side guide, and a link member that is capable of rotating about a predetermined rotary shaft provided so as to be fixed to an attachment subject. The link member includes a slack side pivot portion attached rotatably to the slack side guide, and the slack side pivot portion is disposed on an opposite side of the chain that is guided by the slack side guide to the predetermined rotary shaft, and in a lower position than the predetermined rotary shaft. The slack side guide is biased by its own weight toward a side of the chain that is guided by the slack side guide.
Claims6
A chain guide mechanism for guiding a chain, comprising:
- a slack side guide disposed on a slack side of a chain travel line;
- a tension side guide disposed on a tension side of said chain travel line;
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- a link member that is capable of rotating about a predetermined rotary shaft provided so as to be fixed to an attachment subject of said chain guide mechanism, wherein
- said link member has a slack side pivot portion attached rotatably to said slack side guide,
- said slack side pivot portion is disposed on an opposite side of the side of said chain that is guided by said slack side guide to said predetermined rotary shaft, and in a lower position than said predetermined rotary shaft, and
- said slack side guide is biased by a weight thereof toward a side of said chain that is guided by said slack side guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.