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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
May. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/22 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hydraulic type tensioner with a relief valve. In this tensioner, a relief valve, which is opened and closed in accordance with the oil pressure of oil supplied under pressure from an oil pressure generating source such as an oil pump or the like through an oil supply port, is provided in a bypass oil path, which detours a check valve mechanism formed in a tensioner body and communicates between the oil supply port and a high pressure oil chamber.