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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinori Kawashima, Sakado, JP;
Yuji Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474153 ; 474231 ;
Abstract
A sprocket chain having alternating inner links and outer links is formed with the length of each inner link slightly longer than the tooth pitch of a cooperating sprocket and the length of each outer link slightly shorter than the tooth pitch by the same amount. The chain may comprise a roller chain having a roller mounted to turn on each bushing, or may comprise a bush chain having no rollers and in which the bushings make direct contact with the sprocket teeth.