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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Applicants:
Takashi Tohara, Osaka, JP;
Akira Hirai, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Tohara, Osaka, JP;
Akira Hirai, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an endless silent chain composed of alternating guide link rows and joint link rows connected by connecting pins, each guide link row is composed of a stack of three, centrally located, link plates and two outer guide plates, and each joint link row is composed of two pairs of link plates in abutting, side-by-side relationship. The pairs of link plates of the joint link rows extend into the spaces between the guide plates and the centrally located stack of each of two adjacent guide link rows.