Tension roller for belt drives
AssigneeINA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
InventorsWerner Schmidt, Klaus Kampitsch
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Abstract
The invention concerns a tension roller made of a plastic material for adjusting a tension in a belt drive, comprising a wheel (7) having an inner ring (9) and an outer ring (10) connected to each other by axially oriented, circumferentially spaced ribs (12) and by a central web (8), the wheel (7) being rotatably mounted on a support element (2) which bears by a running face against the belt (3). According to the invention, successive ribs (12) enclose different angles with reference to a central point of the wheel.
Claims6
A tension roller made of a plastic material, a castable material or a material spray-coated with a plastic material for adjusting a tension in a belt drive, comprising a wheel having an inner ring and an outer ring connected to each other by axially oriented, circumferentially spaced ribs and by a central web, the wheel being rotatably mounted on a support element which bears by a running face against a belt, characterized in that successive ribs (12, 32, 52) enclose different angles therebetween with reference to a central point of the wheel (7, 27, 47).
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