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US 4,792,323 AGranted
Chain guide
AssigneeMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHeinz Flaig
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Abstract
Chain guide for and in relation to a chain or sprocket wheel and being made of a pair of complimentary guide shells made as press parts and having when put together a pair of vertically extending cross shaped grooves; guide noses extend above the grooves and facing each other across a narrowing closable gap and above a shaft and groove bottom portion of the sprocket wheel.
Claims2
Chain guide for a chain on and in relation to a sprocket wheel, having a shaft comprising:
- a housing;
- a pair of substantially flat complimentary guide shells situated in and fastened to the housing, the shells being interconnected and made as press parts and having, when put together, a pair of vertically extending cross shaped grooves;
- a plane of partitioning being in a plane of rotation of the sprocket wheel;
- guide noses above the grooves and facing each other across a narrowing gap and above a portion of the shaft of the sprocket wheel;
- the sprocket wheel having a groove, the diameter of its bottom is a little smaller than said gap;
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- means for closing the gap independently from the shells and their connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.