Cloyes Gear and Products, Inc.

Todd W Richardson

James D Young

An inverted tooth chain includes a plurality of rows. The inside flanks of the leading toes of each chain row project outwardly relative to the outside flanks of the trailing toes of the preceding chain row by a maximum amount &#x3bb;wherein: 0.010&#xd7;P&#x2266;&#x3bb;&#x2266;0.020&#xd7;P or, preferably, 0.015&#xd7;P&#x2266;&#x3bb;&#x2266;0.020&#xd7;P, where P =chain pitch. The inverted tooth chain is meshed with a sprocket to define a system having a maximum chordal rise distance CR wherein said chordal motion in the inverted tooth chain upstream relative to said sprocket is less than 40% of said maximum chordal rise distance CR.

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Macomb, MI, United States of America

Todd W Richardson