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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246699 | Conveyor chain A section of chain for conveying product along a material handling system includes a pin connecting a center link between two side links. The pin may be dialable or selectably positioned at the side links to control and adjust the wear surface of the pin relative to... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7085616 | Atomic layer deposition apparatus A method and apparatus for atomic layer deposition (ALD) is described. The apparatus comprises a deposition chamber and a wafer support. The deposition chamber is divided into two or more deposition regions that are integrally connected one to another. The wafer sup... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7056248 | Silent chain A Hybrid Roller/Silent chain that has the wear resistance of a roller chain combined with the noise performance of a silent chain. This is accomplished with the use of bushings that allow increased bearing area for the articulating members of the chain, specifically... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6666013 | Wear resistant chain A chain which does not generate hydrogen brittleness is formed with components having improved wear resistance. At least one part of the chain, for example a surface, is covered with a diamond-like amorphous carbon coating (DLC). Further, metallic particl... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6450911 | Silent chain A silent chain includes a number of interleaved rows of link plates articulately connected together by joint pins. Each of the link plates has a pair of teeth and a pair of pin holes. The link plate further has a tubular portion protruding continuously fr... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6427433 | Rocker joint pin for chain, and method and apparatus for producing the rocker joint pin A rocker joint pin for use in a chain to articulately interconnect link plates of the chain has a beveled edge at opposite end faces thereof. The beveled edge is formed by forming a V-shaped groove transversely across a surface of a continuous wire and su... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6277046 | Silent chain Two rocker pins inserted into each of two pin holes of each link plate of a silent chain each include a rocker surface, a first non-contact surface opposed to an inner peripheral surface of the pin hole on a side opposite to the rocker surface, a pair of ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6077181 | Plate for a silent chain having a protruding portion for reducing the noise generated when the plate engages a sprocket A silent chain has a plurality of interconnected plates adapted for operative engagement with toothed surfaces of a sprocket. Each of the plates has flank surface portions and crotch surface portions, with the crotch surface portions having protruding por... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5921881 | Narrow bicycle chain with inner links that receive sprocket teeth within a bottom recess A derailleur bicycle chain includes a plurality of intermediate links, a plurality of pairs of outer links, and a plurality of fasteners. Each fastener connects an end of one of the plurality of intermediate links between a corresponding pair of outer lin... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5700217 | Power transmission chain with formed bushing and associated aperture A power transmission chain in which round pins are inserted in link apertures with D-shaped cross-section and a bushing of U-shaped cross-section. The bushing can be formed of several different shapes in order to decrease the wear between the pins and the... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5236400 | Silent chain A silent chain in which several engaging links each comprised of a plurality of piled-up link plates are coupled with connector pins in an endless form. Irregular engaging links having different engaging surface angles relative to sprocket teeth and havin... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5176586 | Silent chain A silent chain comprising link plates each having a pair of meshing teeth adapted to mesh with a sprocket tooth, and a pair of connection pin insert holes through each of the link plates adjacent opposite ends thereof. A pair of long and short connection ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4986799 | Transmission chain with pivot pins and intermediate pieces with rolling contact action Transmission chain for a cone pully drive, with intercoupled links and pivot pins inserted through link openings of which the end surfaces cooperate with the cone surfaces, where between each pivot pin, on the one hand, and the opposite opening sides of a... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4581001 | Side-bar chain for infinitely variable cone-pulley transmissions A side-bar chain for an infinitely variable cone-pulley transmission which chain includes chain links composed of individual side-bars and joint pieces connecting the links together, with each joint piece being composed of a pair of rocker pieces pushed i... | 04/08/1986 |
