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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Ryuta Shoji, Osaka, JP;
Shunji Sakura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Mineyama, Osaka, JP;
Atsuo Noguchi, Osaka, JP;
Katsunori Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Taku Horie, Osaka, JP;
Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An interlocking chain unit includes a stepped rod that determines the positions of case plates in a pair and those of guide plates relative to each other. The stepped rod has a small-diameter part that passes through passage holes of the guide plates respectively. The stepped rod has opposite end portions fitting in countersunk holes respectively formed in respective inner surfaces of the case plates. The stepped rod has a large-diameter part with a guide plate side step abutting on a rim of the passage hole of the guide plate, and a case plate side step abutting on a rim of the countersunk hole of the case plate.