Quick release tensioner
AssigneeOxbo International Corporation
InventorsBenjamin Lehman, Christopher M. Schloesser
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Abstract
A tensioner includes a base and an idler support assembly slidably retained on the base, the idler support assembly including a support element having a cam surface at a first end. A spring loaded handle assembly includes a tension bar rotatably mounted to the base, and a handle longitudinally adjustably mounted to the tension bar, an engagement element, and a biasing element intermediate the engagement element and the handle. The handle is assembly rotatable between a first position and a second position. The engagement element disengages the cam surface in the first position and the engagement element engages the cam surface in the second position.
Claims13
A tensioner comprising:
- a base;
- an idler support assembly linearly slidably retained on the base, the idler support assembly including a support element having a cam surface at a first end;
- an idler mounted at a second end of the idler support assembly support element, the idler rotating about a first axis of rotation;
- a spring loaded handle assembly rotatably mounted to the base, the handle assembly including a tension bar, a handle longitudinally adjustably mounted to the tension bar, an engagement element, and a biasing element intermediate the engagement element and the handle;
- wherein the handle assembly rotates about a second axis of rotation transverse to the first axis of rotation between a first position and a second position, wherein the engagement element disengages the cam surface in the first position and the engagement element engages the cam surface in the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.