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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:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald M Berg, Lisbon, ND (US);
Assignee:
Clark Equipment Company, Woodcliff Lake, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
474112 ; 474135 ;
Abstract
A belt tensioner imparts tension to a belt of a machine and includes a support base and a fastener for adjustably securing the support base to the machine. A shaft is secured to the support base and an eccentric hub is operably coupled to the shaft for at least partial rotation about the shaft. A spring couples the eccentric hub to the support base. A pulley is rotatably coupled to the eccentric hub and engageable with the belt wherein engagement of the pulley with the belt and displacement on the support base on the machine at least partially rotates the eccentric hub about the shaft against the spring.