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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2000
Hiroshi Makino, Yamanashi, JP;
Hidetsugu Terada, Yamanashi, JP;
Sankyo Oilless Industry, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An improved chain drive mechanism having a closed loop of roller chain passing round the opposite sprocket wheels. The profile of each tooth formed on the circumference of the sprocket wheel is in conformity with the envelope curve traced by a roller when the roller moves with its center following an involute-trochoid curve. The involute-trochoid curve is determined by offsetting the roller pitch line a certain distance apart outside the contact pitch line, and by rotating the contact pitch line on the base circle of the sprocket wheel to allow a point on the roller pitch line to trace a curve. The certain distance is so determined that the roller pitch may be equal to the incremental arc length, which is determined by dividing the circumference of the base circle by the number of teeth.