Pulley and CT scanner
AssigneeGE Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited
InventorHiroshi Umeda
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Abstract
With a view of facilitating the manufacture and reducing the cost, a pulley according to the present invention comprises an annular portion 100 formed by laminating rings 110, 120 and 130 and a tooth portion formed along a circumferential surface of the annular portion 100, the tooth portion comprising a plurality of resin teeth having blades formed on the side opposite to the side which is opposed to the circumferential surface of the annular portion. The rings 110, 120 and 130 are divided into a plurality of arcuate plates 111, 112, 113, 121, 122, 123, 131, 132 and 133.
Claims6
A pulley comprising:
- an annular portion formed by laminating together in successive layers a plurality of annular plates;
- and
- a separate tooth portion disposed along a circumference of the annular portion and connected thereto,
- the tooth portion being of resin material and comprising a plurality of teeth formed on an outside circumference thereof, and
- the annular plates being each divided into a plurality of arcuate sections.
A CT scanner comprising:
- a rotatable frame mounted rotatably with respect to a fixed frame;
- a driven pulley mounted on the rotatable frame;
- a driving pulley mounted rotatably on the fixed frame and rotated by means of a drive source;
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- a belt wound between the driven pulley and the driving pulley, the driven pulley including an annular portion formed by laminating annular plates and a tooth portion formed along the annular portion, the tooth portion comprising a plurality of teeth having blades formed on the outside, the annular plates of the annular portion being each divided into a plurality of arcuate plates, and further comprising a component to be attached to a side face of the annular portion mounted so as to straddle the arcuate plates adjacent to each other.
A pulley comprising:
- an annular portion formed by laminating annular plates, and
- a tooth portion formed along the annular portion, the tooth portion comprising a plurality of teeth having blades formed on the outside, the annular plates of the annular portion being each divided into a plurality of arcuate plates;
- wherein
- a component to be attached to a side face of the annular portion is mounted so as to straddle the arcuate plates adjacent to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.