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US 4,392,843 AGranted
Metal belt
AssigneeBorg-Warner Corporation
InventorGeoffrey N. Smit
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Abstract
A metal belt comprising a plurality of sets of interleaved sets or ranks of links which are joined by pivot means, such as a pin or a pin and rocker, to permit articulation, having blocks secured to each rank of links, the blocks being provided with surfaces to engage the opposed pulley flanges in a pulley drive system, as for example in a variable pulley transmission and the like.
Claims5
An endless metal chain belt adapted for use in connecting pulleys in a pulley drive system wherein each pulley is constructed of a pair of flanges, said belt comprising:
- a plurality of sets of links, each set of which is interleaved with the next adjacent sets of links;
- pivot means joining the next adjacent sets of links to form an endless chain and to permit articulation thereof;
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- metal drive blocks, each having a central window bounded by a bottom, top and sides, and each surrounding a set of links;
- each drive block means being located between and generally spaced from the next adjacent pivot means;
- each drive block means being frictionally positioned and secured to its set of links.
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