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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaru Hibino, Toyota, JA;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7424 / ;
Abstract
A timing chain tensioner comprising a housing adapted to be mounted on an engine block and formed with cylinder bore and connecting passage for the escape of air from the cylinder bore to the atmosphere, a plunger slidably fitted in the cylinder, and a closure member for closing the passage. When the plunger is to be placed into the cylinder for the assembling of the tensioner the passage is kept open to facilitate the plunger insertion, and after the insertion the passage is closed by the closure member.