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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057339 | Pulley holder and a drive transmission mechanism and an image recording apparatus using the pulley holder A pulley holder for rotatably supporting a pulley around which a belt is wound, in which the pulley holder includes a shaft having a shaft body for supporting the pulley and a projection at least one end of the shaft body in its axial direction, and a holder body ha... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7254850 | Radial arm system for patient care equipment A system for supporting patient care equipment alongside a patient support is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of arms supported by a support structure. The arms may be pivoted to either side of the patient support. The arms may be stored... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7108337 | Roller for a crawler type traveling vehicle To provide a roller for a crawler type traveling vehicle. The manufacture of this roller is streamlined by simplifying a structure for holding a seal mechanism between a bearing part and the outside and a thrust bearing and facilitating working while eliminating the... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7065811 | Radial arm system for patient care equipment A system for supporting patient care equipment alongside a patient support is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of arms supported by a support structure. The arms may be pivoted to either side of the patient support. The arms may be stored... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066289 | Track support system for a crawler Mud and sand are prevented from entering between support-receiving members since both ends of the roller shaft are constructed so as to be held at both sides thereof when providing the upper roller on the travelling body frame secured in a civil engineering apparatu... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6190276 | Chain scraping conveyor-drive shaft for coal mining The invention relates to a multipart drive shaft of a chain drive for chain scraping conveyors for heavy-duty sprags in coal mining, consisting of a main shaft with unilateral or bilateral internal gearing for receiving externally geared stub shafts for t... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5976043 | Apparatus for increasing wear life of machine members An apparatus for increasing wear life of machine members includes a shaft assembly mounted on the machine. Also included are two or more power sources eccentrically aligned in relationship to the shaft assembly of the machine to form an acute angle betwee... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5419742 | Rotating ring guide shoe or tensioner A vibration proofing system for an engine timing chain utilizes a tensioner on the slack side of the chain path, in which a ring-shaped, chain-engaging shoe is rotatably disposed on a circular frame mounted on the piston of a tensioner mechanism, and in w... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5288277 | Ceiling pivot arm with a threaded pivot bearing A ceiling pivot arm to hold equipment that can be rotated, especially medical equipment which is held on a mount through a pivot bearing. Simple assembly of the rotary hinge is possible, whereby it is also easy to make and disassemble the connection betwe... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5077922 | Endless loop transport system and display device An endless loop transport system including objects suspended from an endless loop which is installed on a series of idler pulleys and a motor driven pulley which propels the loop and the suspended objects. The idler pulleys each includes a bracket which e... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4921471 | Apparatus for setting a table for a belt-driven machine tool In an arrangement of the present invention, a connecting member is coupled with a belt attached to a saddle, and then a table is arranged on the saddle so that both ends thereof on its underside are connected with both ends of the connecting member. Thus,... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4773894 | A-shaped frame and pulley This invention relates to a releasably secured pulley frame and a rotor shaped to prevent entanglements, thereby allowing undisturbed force to be exerted on an object being pulled to or from a remote site. Embodiments of the invention may be constructed i... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4610646 | Roller, especially a tension roller for a belt drive A roller, especially a tension roller for a belt drive has a hollow hub supporting a rolling bearing, with a pulley or rotating body supported on the outer ring of the bearing. The hollow hub has at least one closed end, with a mounting hole therethrough ... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4395249 | Variable speed drive clutch In a V-belt drive having a rotating pulley and an annular flange formed about the pulley axis and extending axially from a side of the pulley; a plurality of vanes extending from the radial outer surface of the flange; a plurality of air passages extendin... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4371362 | Track roller system A track roller system includes a replaceable rim assembly made up of two groups of multi-segments held to the hub in axially spaced position by a multi-segment retainer in the central space between the groups of rim segments, the rim segments retained aga... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4355988 | Track roller for track-laying vehicles Track roller for track-laying vehicles such as excavators having a shaft, a roller body rotatably supported thereon, two caps for limiting relative axial movement of shaft and roller body, and end pieces for attaching the track roller to the frame. The sh... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4151756 | Tensioning device for gear belts, chains and the like Gear belt tensioning apparatus is provided for controlling the tension in a gear belt for driving an internal combustion engine camshaft or the like. This apparatus includes a tension roller which engages directly with the gear belt and which is controlle... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4114473 | Guard for belt pulley A guard is provided for installation within an endless belt extending around a pair of pulleys for preventing danger associated with the nip between the belt and pulleys without interferring with freedom of access to the belt.... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4034616 | Pulley means A low-friction pulley member formed of high-density polyethylene having a molecular weight of between two and five million is mounted for rotation on a stainless steel supporting shaft including a head flange received in a cylindrical recess in one face o... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4015484 | Guide pulley for wide belts A guide pulley for wide belts is comprised of two smooth cylindrical cylinders secured to or journaled on a shaft in spaced relation and a grooved pulley freely journaled on the shaft intermediate the two cylinders for the reception of a guide rib integra... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4012961 | Pulley and support combination A self centering pulley particularly suitable for drapery traverse rods is made of molded plastic and is provided with an inner generally cylindrical male race member and a mating outer female race member. Self centering is accomplished by dimensioning th... | 03/22/1977 |
