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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Laurel A Shepley, Wapello, IA (US);
Rodney G Koertner, Auburn, WA (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474135 ; 474199 ; 474903 ; 384192 ; 384206 ; 384547 ;
Abstract
A drive system preferably a belt drive in which a belt is trained about a pair of sheaves rotating on a pair of parallel axes and tensioned by an idler means intermediate the sheaves, the idler means being mounted on a carrier by means of self-aligning bearing means to enable the idler means to conform to irregularities in the belt during operation.