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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry Fletcher, Belle River, CA;
Mark Anthony Muscat, Windsor, CA;
Joel Patrick Musyj, Amherstburg, CA;
Christian Joseph Schmutz, LaSalle, CA;
John M. Shaw, White Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 ; B66F 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/12 ; B66F 3/08 ;
Abstract
A belt installation tool. The tool comprises a pair of arms connected at a pivot. Each arm has an end for engaging a pulley axle. A handtool is engaged with an arm. By a torque applied with the handtool through a short arcuate motion to the arms, the pulleys are moved apart, thereby tensioning a belt. A locking member or linkage is available to fix the arms in a predetermined position.