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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Reinhard Smetz, Kleinerdlingen, DE;
Reinhard Smetz, Kleinerdlingen, DE;
RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG, Aalen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a shortening device () for shortening a chain strand (), the shortening device comprising a connecting section () with at least one connecting opening (), a shortening member (), at least one anchoring receptacle () for receiving an end link () of the chain strand (), said anchoring receptacle being arranged on a side of the connecting section () which faces the shortening member () and being closed by a retaining pin () inserted into a cutout (), and a web () which connects the connecting section () to the shortening member () and is arranged at an end of the cutout () pointing in the longitudinal direction. In order to provide a lighter and smaller shortening device (), it is provided according to the invention that the connecting opening () is designed as a closed eye ().
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