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US 6,471,041 B1Granted
Roller chain attachment member
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsLeslie T. Long, Ryan P. Rosenow
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Abstract
An attachment member for attaching to a roller chain tab includes a body member with a cavity defined in a bottom end thereof. This cavity has dimensions corresponding essentially to a tab provided on a roller chain link plate. The cavity is defined by a back wall, sides, and a front wall, and further includes a protuberance that extends from the back wall into the cavity towards the front wall. This protuberance has a shape so as to fit into a hole defined in the tabs provided on the roller chain link plates upon the body member being slid onto the tab.
Claims17
An attachment member for attaching in a snap-fit manner to a tab defined on a roller chain link plate, said attachment member comprising:
- a body member having a configuration for carrying out a desired roller chain operation upon attachment of said body member to a roller chain, said body member including a bottom end;
- a cavity defined in said bottom end of said body member, said cavity having dimensions so that said body member is slidable with a snug fit onto a tab on a roller chain link plate;
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- wherein said cavity is defined by a back wall, sides, and a front wall, and further comprising a protuberance extending from said back wall into said cavity towards said front wall, said protuberance having a length and disposed so as to be engageable into a hole defined in the tab on the roller chain link plate upon said body member being slid onto the tab to securely attach said body member thereto.
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An attachment member for attaching in a snap-fit manner to a tab provided on a roller chain link plate, said attachment member comprising:
- a plastic body member having a configuration for carrying out a desired operation upon attachment of said body member to a roller chain, said body member including a bottom end;
- a cavity defined in said bottom end of said body member, said cavity having dimensions corresponding essentially to an extension tab provided on a roller chain link plate so that said body member is slidable with a snug fit onto the extension tab;
- said cavity defined by a back wall, sides, and a front wall, and further comprising a protuberance extending from said back wall into said cavity towards said front wall, said protuberance having a shape so as to fit into a hole defined in the extension tab upon said body member being slid onto the extension tab to securely attach said body member thereto;
- said back wall further comprising a resilient tab defined between two longitudinally extending slits defined through said back wall, said protuberance defined on said resilient tab so as to snap into the hole in the tab upon said body member being slid onto the extension tab;
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- said front wall comprising an opening defined therethrough into said cavity, said opening disposed generally opposite said protuberance.
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A roller chain assembly, comprising:
- a roller chain having a plurality of interconnected and alternating roller links and pin links, each of said roller links and pin links comprising opposite link plates;
- a plurality of spaced extension tabs defined on certain said link plates, said tabs further comprising at least one hole defined therethrough;
- at least one attachment member attached to at least one of said extension tab, each said attachment member further comprising:
- a body member having a configuration for carrying out a desired roller chain operation upon attachment thereof to said roller chain, said body member including bottom end;
- a cavity defined in said bottom end of said body member, said cavity having dimensions corresponding essentially to said extension tab so that said body member is slidable with a snug fit onto said extension tab;
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- wherein said cavity is defined by a back wall, sides, and a front wall, and further comprising at least one protuberance extending from said back wall into said cavity towards said front wall, said protuberance having a shape so as to fit into said hole defined in said extension tab upon said body member being slid onto said extension tab to securely attach said body member thereto.
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A roller chain assembly, comprising:
- a roller chain having a plurality of interconnected and alternating roller links and pin links, each of said roller links and pin links comprising opposite link plates;
- a plurality of spaced apart extension tabs defined on certain said link plates, said tabs further comprising at least on hole defined therethrough;
- at least one attachment member attached to at least one of said extension tab, each said attachment member further comprising:
- a plastic body member having a configuration for carrying out a desired operation upon attachment of said body member to a roller chain, said body member including bottom end;
- a cavity defined in said bottom end of said body member, said cavity having dimensions corresponding essentially to said tab carried by a roller chain link plate so that said body member is slidable with a snug fit onto said tab;
- said cavity defined by a back wall, sides, and a front wall, and further comprising a protuberance extending from said back wall into said cavity towards said front wall, said protuberance having a shape so as to fit into a hole defined in said tab upon said body member being slid onto said tab to securely attach said body member thereto;
- said back wall further comprising a resilient tab defined between two longitudinally extending slits defined through said back wall, said protuberance defined on said resilient tab so as to snap into the hole in the extension tab upon said body member being slid onto the extension tab;
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- said front wall comprising an opening defined therethrough into said cavity, said opening disposed generally opposite said protuberance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.