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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald Paul Holland, Fox Lake, WI (US);
Christopher Scott Thorman, Beaver Dam, WI (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/10 ;
Abstract
A tensioning assembly is provided for a synchronous belt drive on a mower deck. A plurality of idlers are mounted for rotation on bracket. One end of the a bracket engages an abutment surface mounted on the deck which restricts its movement, whereas a second end of the bracket is acted upon by a tensioning member which acts in substantially the same direction as the abutment surface. The bracket includes an elongated slot disposed between one of the idlers and the abutment surface, and a member fixed to the deck is engageable with the slot for confining movement of the bracket.