Endless belt power transmission systems or components inventions 06/06

20060142102 - Pulley assembly: A pulley assembly in which either a hub or a bearing is attached in the center of one or more pulleys either by rivets passing transversely through overlapping portions of the pulley and the hub or bearing. When fastening together a hub and a pulley, the pulley has belt groove...

20060142103 - Enclosure member and multi-link conveyor chain: A multi-link conveyor chain suitable for use in the glass industry is provided. The conveyor chain includes an enclosure member having a non-tapered counterbore for retaining and protecting a pin head of an elongate pin thereby ensuring that the integrity of the multi-link conveyor chain during use is maintained. Also...

20060135301 - Rear derailleur for bicycle: The rear bicycle derailleur guides a chain to one of a plurality of rear sprockets. The rear derailleur includes a base member, a linkage assembly, a movable member, a chain guide, a biasing member, and a biasing member connection structure. The base member is mounted to the bicycle frame. The...

20060135302 - Anti-vibratory device with rotary compensation weights: An anti-vibratory device with rotary compensation weights. According to the invention, said device comprises two sets (2, 3) of two identical rotors (4, 5-6, 7) with respective eccentric compensation weights (4A, 5A-6A, 7A), said units being symmetrically disposed in relation to an axis of symmetry and the axes of rotation...

20060135303 - Chain drive with chain wheel and aligned support wheel: A chain drive, especially to a camshaft/camshaft drive for a motor vehicle engine, comprising at least two chain wheels and one drive chain. The gear rims of the at least two chain wheels are arranged to be laterally offset to each other in the axial direction. The chain drive is...

20060135304 - Sprocket for chain: In a sprocket for a chain transmission, teeth are disposed around the circumference of the sprocket at intervals. Arc-shaped tooth gap bottoms are formed between adjacent teeth, and each tooth gap bottom is continuous with the facing tooth surfaces of its adjacent teeth. Each tooth is formed so that its...

20060135305 - Harmonic belt drive: The present invention is a harmonic belt drive that uniquely combines desirable characteristics of a traditional harmonic drive with those of a traditional belt drive. The harmonic belt drive includes a rigid arcuate toothed member having an internal surface, an external surface, and a row of teeth radially extending from...

20060135306 - Belt for continuously variable transmission and manufacturing method of the same: A belt for a continuously variable transmission (CVT) including an endless body and a plurality of V blocks attached to the endless body. The V blocks include a plurality of types of blocks having different thicknesses and are divided into a plurality of V block groups. The V block groups...

20060128510 - Engine incorporating a v-belt type continuously variable transmission: An engine has a continuously variable transmission in which a drive pulley is attached to an end of a crankshaft. The drive pulley is coupled by a flexible transmitter to a driven pulley. The driven pulley is attached to an end of a transmission shaft. A centrifugal clutch mechanism is...

20060128512 - Bicycle crankset: A crankset is provided that is mounted on a crank spindle rotatably mounted in a hanger component of a bicycle and that meshes with a chain. The crankset includes a plurality of sprockets, a crank component, and a chain guard. The plurality of sprockets are lined up in the axial...

20060128511 - Bicycle sprocket with a laterally projecting gear change tooth: A sprocket comprises a sprocket body and a plurality of sprocket teeth extending radially outwardly from a root portion of the sprocket body. The sprocket body has a first side surface and a second side surface, wherein a root portion side surface of the root portion defines a root portion...

20060116227 - Gearshift control device for a chain and sprocket transmission system: A gearshift control device for a chain and sprocket transmission system including a gearshift member that is movable along a transverse direction relative to the plane defined by the chain, a shaft, a first driving element having a drive member that is non-centered or non-concentric with respect to the axis...

20060116228 - Mark detector, drive controller, belt drive unit, and image forming apparatus: A mark detector optically detecting a scale having multiple marks formed successively at predetermined intervals along the moving direction of an endless belt member, and outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the presence or absence of the marks when the endless belt member moves is disclosed. The mark detector includes...

20060116229 - Chain tensioner: A chain tensioner includes a housing formed with a cylinder chamber in which a plunger is slidably mounted. A return spring, also mounted in the cylinder chamber, biases the plunger outwardly of the cylinder chamber. The housing is formed with an oil supply passage communicating with a pressure chamber defined...

20060116230 - Image forming apparatus, roller, belt, and fixing unit of image forming apparatus: A tubular roller to support a belt having an inner surface provided with a protruding circumferential edge having a width includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion has a first outer radius and contacts the inner surface of the belt. The second portion...