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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:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C / ; E21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
299-16 ; 299 43 ;
Abstract
In the drive system according to the invention for a cutting machine which can be moved along a chain conveyor and has a pin drive chain arranged in a chain receptacle of the chain conveyor, the pin drive chain is attached at each of its two ends to a hydraulic tensioning cylinder device, with the aid of which the chain slackness which forms in the pin drive chain can be compensated. At the same time, holding devices, such as end stops, are provided in the region of the tensioning cylinder devices, which holding devices support or fix the chain section of the pin drive chain which is respectively under tensile loading.