Endless belt power transmission systems or components – Friction drive belt – Including particular means connecting opposite ends to form...
Patent
1985-06-07
1987-02-10
Leppink, James A.
Endless belt power transmission systems or components
Friction drive belt
Including particular means connecting opposite ends to form...
474255, 24 31B, F16G 706
Patent
active
046420819
ABSTRACT:
A flexible drive belt for coupling at least two pulleys such as those found on a motor vehicle engine. The belt is manually installable without adjusting the distance between the pulleys and is particularly useful for temporary or emergency installation in place of a broken drive belt. The belt includes first and second ends which are fastened together to form an endless drive belt. The first end of the belt is provided with a series of openings which accept a corresponding number of projections which extend perpendicular to an intermediate surface of the second belt end. Both the first and second belt ends are provided with intermediate surfaces such that when joined a smooth inner surface is formed. For a permanent installation, locking pins may be disposed within throughbores extending through the sides of the projections such that the projections are prevented from unmating with the openings of the first end. The overall length of the belt may be varied by shortening the ends of the belt to shorten the belt or by varying the placement of the projections with respect to the openings to lengthen the belt.
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Bui Thuy M.
Leppink James A.
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