Chain guide

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9777809-B2
Application number	US-201615292415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2016
Priority date	Oct 21, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

To provide a chain guide that implements stable running of a chain, causes less wear or damage on the inner surface of mounting holes or on mounting shafts, and improves the durability of a reinforcing plate thereof without increasing production cost. A guide shoe includes a guide rail and a plate holding part accommodating a reinforcing plate inserted thereinto from the backside of the guide rail. The reinforcing plate includes a tubular part integral with a first plate surface and protruding from the edge of a mounting hole that extends through the reinforcing plate in a guide width direction. In the chain guide, a plurality of surface irregular parts are provided on a peripheral outer side of the tubular part in stripes along a plurality of imaginary circles concentric to the tubular part on at least one of the first plate surface and a second plate surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A chain guide comprising a guide shoe that slidably guides a chain, and a reinforcing plate that reinforces said guide shoe,
said guide shoe including a guide rail extending along a guide longitudinal direction, and a plate holding part accommodating said reinforcing plate inserted thereinto from a backside of said guide rail,
said reinforcing plate including a first plate surface on one side thereof in a guide width direction, a second plate surface on an opposite side, a mounting hole extending through the reinforcing plate in the guide width direction, and a tubular part integral with said first plate surface and protruding from an edge of said mounting hole,
at least one of said first, plate surface and said second plate surface including a plurality of surface irregular parts, on an outer peripheral side of said tubular part, in stripes along a plurality of imaginary circles concentric to said tubular part.

2. The chain guide according to claim 1 , wherein said surface irregular parts are portions of the reinforcing plate which are undulated in a step-like, groove-like, protruded, or corrugated manner radially from a center of said tubular part.

3. The chain guide according to claim 1 , wherein said second plate surface includes an annular projection protruding portion at an edge of said mounting hole.

4. The chain guide according to claim 1 , wherein a flange extending on the outer peripheral side of said tubular part is formed at a distal end of the tubular part.

5. The chain guide according to claim 4 , wherein said mounting hole includes a radially expanded part expanding radially outward relative to the guide width direction at a distal end of said flange.

Assignees

• Tsubakimoto Chain Co

Inventors

• Hirayama Manabu
• Segawa Ryo
• Mori Kaori

Classifications

• F16H7/18 Primary

  Means for guiding or supporting belts, ropes, or chains (construction of pulleys F16H55/36) · CPC title

• F16H2007/185

  the guiding surface in contact with the belt, rope or chain having particular shapes, structures or materials · CPC title