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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1988
Kelly D Martin, Lawndale, NC (US);
INA Bearing Co., Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for applying an optimum tensioning force to an endless belt or the like, including a pivot defining a first pivot axis, a belt engagement element supported for rotation about the first pivot axis, a biasing element for urging the belt engagement element in a first direction of rotation about the pivot axis into belt-tensioning engagement with the belt, and a belt tension adjuster, responsive to externally induced changes in tension of the belt, for automatically varying the tensioning force applied to belt. The belt tension adjuster is disposed within the biasing element and includes a limiter for limiting the amount of decrease in applied tensioning force, whereby the tension in belt is optimally maintained.