Dayco Europe S.r.l.

Olivetti Tecnost S.p.a.

Dayco Europe S.r.l. Con Unico Socio

Renzo Gozzano

Maria Cesare Meano

Gabriele Menaldo Moretta

A tensioner for a belt drive, comprising: a base carrying a pin defining an axis; a tensioning arm, which can rotate about the pin and supports an idle pulley; and a damping element, which is constrained to a hinge point eccentric with respect to the axis and is carried by one between the base and the tensioning arm so as to co-operate with a friction surface carried by the other between the base and the tensioning arm. The belt tensioner further comprises a resilient element having a first end portion connected in a single point to the damping element and a second end portion connected to the other between the base and the tensioning arm to cause a rotation of the damping element about the hinge point against the friction surface.

Asymetric damping belt tensioner

A facsimile machine (,), connected to a telephone line (L), includes a telephone handset (,) and a flip-up lid (,) having a cradle (,) for removably accommodating the telephone handset (,). The lid (,) is provided with catches (,) that cooperate with the telephone handset, (,) releasing it so that it can be picked up when the lid (,) is closed on the casing of the facsimile machine (,), and retaining it on the lid (,) to prevent it from falling out of its cradle (,), when the lid (,) is flipped up. The availability and use of the telephone line (L) for making voice telephone calls through the handset (,) are controlled in relation to presence of the latter (,) in its cradle (,) and to the position of the lid (,). In particular, the telephone line (L) will remain free even when the lid (,) is flipped up with the telephone handset (,) in its cradle, thus permitting the reception of incoming voice telephone calls.

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Salerano Canavese, Italy

Renzo Gozzano