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US 5,174,638 AGranted
Track belt for snowmobiles
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinoru Tokue, Masaomi Kurihara
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Abstract
A track belt for snowmobiles equipped with metal guide clips that are disposed on the outer peripheral of reinforcing rods crossing the gaps between belt sections through a rubber layer. Each guide clip includes a main guide portion for guiding the lower surface of a guide rail and a flange portion for guiding the side surface of the guide rail, and the flange portion is shaped in an outwardly projecting spherical shape. The outer peripheral edge portion of this spherically shaped flange portion is buried into the side surface of an adjacent drive lug.
Claims3
A track belt for snowmobiles, comprising:
- a belt main body formed by juxtaposing a plurality of belt sections shaped in an endless form with gaps between them;
- a plurality of reinforcing rods buried in said belt main body and spaced in a belt peripheral direction at a predetermined pitch, said rods being positioned so as to cross transversely all of said belt sections;
- a plurality of drive lugs formed in rows and columns on inner peripheral surfaces of said belt sections in the belt peripheral direction at a predetermined pitch;
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- metal guide clips fitted to exposed portions of each of said reinforcing rods crossing transversely the gaps between said belt sections;
- said guide clips each being formed with a main guide portion for guiding a lower surface of a guide rail and a flange portion for guiding a side surface of said guide rail;
- said flange portion of each clip being formed to extend along a side surface of a drive lug disposed adjacent to a gap;
- wherein said flange portion of each of said guide clips is shaped to have a spherical surface with an outer peripheral edge projecting outwardly from said main guide portion, and the outer peripheral edge of said spherical flange portion is buried into the side surface of a respective drive lug.
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