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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1996
Yutaka Sato, Saitama-ken, JP;
Wataru Takada, Saitama-ken, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt of a variator is automatically assembled into a pair of pulleys. The pulleys are held by a pulley holding unit which has a pair of holding members for holding the pulleys such that axial lines of the pulleys become parallel to each other. The pulleys are arranged to be relatively moved such that a sheave half of each of the pulleys is brought into a groove of the other of the pulleys. A belt feeding unit feeds the belt. A belt assembly head pinches the belt to be fed from the belt feeding unit for extending it across the pair of pulleys. The belt assembly head has belt pinching devices and an arrangement for moving the belt pinching devices which pinch an intermediate portion of one side of the belt and an intermediate portion of the other side of the belt. By operating the pinching devices such that one longitudinal end of the belt becomes narrower or larger, one end and the other end of the belt are sequentially assembled into one and the other of the pair of pulleys which are held in a condition in which the sheave half of each of the pulleys is brought into the groove of the other of the pulleys.