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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Masato Tomobuchi, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Kanamori, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Masato Tomobuchi, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Kanamori, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a pulley for use with a toothed belt capable of reducing the noise generated when the pulley engages with the toothed belt, while reducing the manufacturing costs and time used to manufacture the pulley. The pulley includes a disk whose inner circumference is fitly attached to a rotary shaft. The outer circumference of the pulley has teeth to be engaged with the toothed belt and flanges erected on both sides of the tooth, wherein the flanges have a plurality of through holes that penetrate through the flanges in a direction of the rotary shaft.