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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7297081 | Idler pulley with integral bearing carrier insert and method An idler pulley with an integral bearing carrier insert comprising: a pulley body having a peripheral surface for accepting and retaining an endless belt; and a tubular bearing carrier insert forming a central hub along a perpendicular axis of the idler pulley body,... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7276002 | Surface texture configuration for CVT pulley A pulley engageable with a belt for use in a continuously variable transmission includes first and second pulley halves rotatable about an axis and relatively moveable in a direction of the axis. The pulley halves include truncated conical portions symmetrically opp... | 10/02/2007 |
| 6956022 | Agents for preventing and treating thrombocytopenia Method of increasing blood platelet formation by administering a parathyroid hormone (PTH) or at least one PTH derivative as an active ingredient. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6371448 | Rope drive element for driving synthetic fiber ropes A traction sheave for driving synthetic fiber ropes, preferably of an elevator installation, ensures a consistently good selected tractive capacity that is largely independent of external influences which reduce friction. At least part of the rope running... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6243956 | Driving device A drive wheel for off-center drive of an annular saw blade in a cutting machine, consists of at least two components, which are separable but held together during operation, namely a holding disc and a drive ring, the latter having an encircling drive gro... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5593366 | Beaded guide roller To reduce the generation of noise in a belt drive for auxiliary units in an internal combustion engine, a guide roller for the belt has an approximately cylindrical surface formed with a bead which extends along the surface in a direction oblique to the s... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5507698 | Pulley device made of resin A pulley device formed by molding resin effectively eliminates the destruction of the main body of the pulley device by an impact from the outside, such as collision with flying foreign matter, and reduces manufacturing cost. The pulley body 6 is formed t... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5143124 | Cable wear pad for dobby shedding lever A system for fastening the drawing cables on the suspension levers of textile dobbies of the negative type, wherein the levers include flanges to which mounting eyes connected to the cables are secured. The cables are guided in grooves formed in a bearing... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5106672 | Structural element made of reinforced polymeric material A structural element made of a castable or extrudable polymeric material reinforced by fillers, said structural element having a contact surface in sliding engagement with another element, the structural element being provided on its contact surface with ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4913688 | Pulley assembly for accessory clutch having nonmetallic sheave A belt-driven pulley assembly for an accessory drive includes a steel pulley and a drivebelt sheave made of fiber reinforced phenolic material. The inner surface of the sheave is bonded to the outer surface of the pulley after applying plastic adhesive in... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4781660 | V-pulley for a continuously variable transmission A V-pulley is adapted for a continuously variable transmission which uses a chain belt composed of a plurality of chain blocks connected in its longitudinal direction, and a pair of V-pulleys operatively connected to each other through the chain belt. The... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4612761 | Drive for spinning or twisting machine A drive system drives a plurality of whorls rotatable about respective whorl axes and having radially outwardly directed faces centered on the respective axes, forming a discontinuous whorl surface, and of a predetermined whorl width measured parallel to ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4584951 | Thread-guiding roll A freely rotatably mounted roll body couplingly engageable with a brake shaft comprises an exchangeable thread brake liner. The rotatable roll body carrying the thread brake liner in a groove is exchangeably mounted between stationary guide discs which ex... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4571225 | Sheave assembly A sheave assembly for use with rope or cable. The sheave assembly includes a sheave having a hub adapted to be rotatably mounted about an axis. An annular rim is coaxially supported by the hub. The sheave further includes side flange walls adjacent the ri... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4548592 | Pulley construction A pulley, composite in nature, including a fabricated wheel defining a rim channel into which a ring is positioned. The ring is rigidly held within the channel by tabs and interlocking arrangements. The ring is designed to include any one of a number of p... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4468210 | Composite plastic pulley A composite pulley construction intended primarily for use with the endless drive belt for vehicle accessories. The pulley is formed of a sheet metal body and has a multi-V-groove belt-receiving formation molded of plastic on an outer cylindrical wall por... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4366609 | Composite pulley and method for making A novel composite pulley construction is provided, which comprises a continuous, metal peripheral belt supporting and bearing surface, and a plastic body. Also provided is a novel method for making a composite pulley.... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4292723 | Sheave and method of providing same A metal sheave is turned on a lathe to remove worn flange and groove portions to provide three roughened cylindrical surfaces of progressively greater diameter about which a peripheral rim body of polyurethane is cast in an encircling mold and permitted t... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4227423 | Line gripping pulley for a line hauler A line gripping pulley for a line hauler includes a pair of identical backing discs and a pair of identical wear discs, one for each backing disc and held thereagainst when the discs are assembled and clamped together.... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4198833 | Controlled slippage, limited torque transmission A controlled slippage, limited-torque transmission comprises a driving member, a driven member spaced therefrom, and a transmission belt wrapped about the members to transmit torque from the driving member to the driven member. An annular split slippage m... | 04/22/1980 |
