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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiroshi Takano, Miki, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd., Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474 13 ;
Abstract
In order to provide smoother transition for speed changes, a variable speed pulley having a movable sheave half and a fixed sheave half is provided with a torque cam. A spring biases the second sheave half axially of the first sheave to vary the width of a belt receiving groove. The torque cam forces the second sheave half in the same direction as the spring when the torque of a load operatively connected into the pulley assembly is increased. A centrifugal thrust arrangement urges the second sheave half in a direction reverse to the direction caused by the spring responsive to the rotational speed of the pulley.