Portable Hand Tool For Removing Or Installing Belt Patents (Class 474/130)
  • Patent number: 11598396
    Abstract: A belt pulling tool is comprised of a handle, a body and two prongs, the handle and body each having two ends with one end of each being attached to the other forming a longitudinal length and the two prongs being attached to the body orthogonal to the length, wherein at least one prong is configured to be moved and fixed along a portion of the length of the body. The belt pulling tool is useful for aligning, seating and setting the tension of belts for industrially belt driven machinery. In performing the method, the belt is inserted between the gap between the prongs of the tool and the tool is rotated about an axis centered in the gap and running parallel to the prongs projecting from the body of the tool to engage the belt and cause the rotation of the sheaves, thus allowing the sheaves to be aligned using alignment tools and allowing the belt to properly seat. Once seated and aligned, the tension may be set using a belt tension gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Anthony B. Wood
  • Patent number: 11480234
    Abstract: A structure for belt installation of an engine for a vehicle is provided. The structure includes a damper pulley that is mounted to a crankshaft of the engine and a stretch belt that has a first end mounted on the damper pulley and a second end connected to an upper portion of a pulley portion of an accessory. The accessory is mounted on the engine at a position spaced apart from the damper pulley. The pulley portion includes a guide member on a front center thereof which guides installation of the stretch belt to the pulley portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Roh, Hyun Jeong Baek, Sung Kwang Kim
  • Patent number: 11193572
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pulley, comprising a cylindrical wall having an outer surface with a plurality of circumferential grooves configured to receive a corresponding plurality of ribs on an inner surface of an elastic belt, a web connected to an inner surface of the cylindrical wall, a central hub connected to the web, the central hub comprises a central opening sized to be press-fit onto a drive shaft, and a drive feature configured to mate with a drive tool, thereby facilitating rotation of the pulley using the drive tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Christopher Grabill, Kyle Lewis Kellar, Steven John Small
  • Patent number: 11072391
    Abstract: A method and tool provide for removal of a rear bicycle wheel of a bicycle having a wheel with an axle mounted cassette of cogs. The tool includes a chain disengagement element movable with respect to an axle mounted cassette, wherein moving the chain disengagement element moves a portion of the chain away from the axle mounted cassette sufficiently to completely disengage the chain from the axle mounted cassette. This allows for easy removal of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Radian Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Fernando Tages
  • Patent number: 10920861
    Abstract: A tool for installing and removing a stretch fit belt on a marine engine pulley includes a body having first and second ends, an inner face located adjacent an outer surface of the pulley, and an outer face guiding the belt. A rib on the inner face contacts a pulley groove. A wedge protrudes from a lower portion of the outer face near the body's first end and slopes downwardly from a wedge upper corner to a wedge lower corner located between the body's first and second ends. An overhang protrudes from an upper portion of the outer face near the body's second end and has a curved portion located between the body's first and second ends and a tapered portion extending from the curved portion to the body's second end. The tool is dimensioned to accommodate a width or a thickness of the belt during installation or removal thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Tyler J. Nackers, Wade A. Loberger
  • Patent number: 10436292
    Abstract: A belt installation tool (406) of the present invention includes a pulley pressing part (407) capable of being pressed toward a side of an outer periphery of a crank pulley (2) by the tension of a V-ribbed belt (4), a protection layer (471) having elasticity and covering the pulley pressing part (407) on the side of the outer periphery of the crank pulley (2), a belt hold part (408) for hooking and holding the V-ribbed belt 4, and a belt pressing part (409) for pressing the V-ribbed belt (4) extending along the outer periphery of the crank pulley (2) against the outer periphery of the crank pulley (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhito Aoki
  • Patent number: 10385947
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a belt attachment tool used for further winding a belt, which is wound on a first pulley (1) and a second pulley (2), on a third pulley (3), the belt attachment tool containing a side surface part (10), an attaching part (11), a first belt holding part (14), and a second belt holding part (15), and the second belt holding part (15) is arranged so that a point (F) of intersection between a first extension line (L1) extending the belt wound on the first belt holding part (14) from an outer periphery of the second pulley (2) and a second extension line (L2) extending the belt wound on the second belt holding part (15) from an outer periphery of the first pulley (1) is located to a front side in a rotation direction (A) of the third pulley (3) with respect to a center line (L3) connecting a center (1S) of the first pulley (1) with a center (3S) of the third pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhito Aoki
  • Patent number: 9915326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a belt installation tool which is to be installed so as to cover at least a part of a first side surface of a pulley, including an attaching part attached along an outer peripheral part of the pulley, an installation part brought into contact with at least a part of the first side surface, a protection part covering at least a part of the first side surface without coming into contact therewith, and a belt holding part protruding on the protection part or on the installation part, in which the protection part covers at least a part of a part having a largest distance in a vertical direction in an area located inside the part with which the installation part comes into contact in the first side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhito Aoki
  • Patent number: 9739350
    Abstract: The combination of: a) first and second spaced pulleys; b) an endless belt; and c) a belt installation jig having a body with: a pulley pressing part; a belt holding part; and a belt pressing part. The belt installation jig and belt cooperate so that with the belt operatively wrapped against the second pulley and partially operatively wrapped against the first pulley, turning of the first pulley causes the belt to progressively wrap around the first pulley to a fully operatively wrapped state, whereupon further turning of the first pulley situates the belt installation jig for separation from the belt and pulleys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Maruyama, Hiroki Takechi, Yasuhito Aoki
  • Patent number: 9682713
    Abstract: A cable transportation system cable return pulley has a hub, which is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation and has a plurality of lateral coupling sides lying along respective coplanar straight lines crosswise to the axis of rotation; and a main body, which is coupled to the hub, has an annular seat configured to house the cable, and a quantity of sectors equal to the quantity of lateral coupling sides of the hub, and wherein each sector is coupled to the hub and to the adjacent sectors solely along two of the straight lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: ROPFIN B.V.
    Inventor: Christian Bacher
  • Patent number: 9568073
    Abstract: A belt attachment jig includes a jig body (10) located along a side surface of a pulley (1), and a belt guide portion (15) which protrudes forward in the pulley rotational direction from a contact portion (11) near one end of the jig body (10). The belt (B) is held between the twisting preventing plate (12) which forms the other end of the jig body (10) and the side surface of the jig-attached pulley (1) such that an inner circumferential surface of the belt (B) faces the jig-attached pulley (1). As the pulley (1) is rotated, the belt attachment jig is moved in the pulley rotational direction together with the belt (B) in a manner that makes the belt (B) fitted in the pulley groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kunisada, Takemasa Yoshimi
  • Patent number: 9404560
    Abstract: A unitary stretch belt installation and removal tool includes an installation component having a slot for positioning the tool on the rim of a pulley and a wedge shaped element to stretch and guide a belt into a pulley groove as the pulley is rotated and further having an integral removal component including a slot and a shaped, generally convex belt guide surface for stretching and guiding a belt from a pulley as the pulley is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Lisle Corporation
    Inventor: Scotty R. Kurtz
  • Patent number: 9109661
    Abstract: A belt detachment preventing jig (J1) is used for wrapping a belt around a crank pulley and a compressor pulley, each having a pulley groove, in a tight belt tension by having the belt fitted to the pulley groove of the crank pulley, with the belt looped over the compressor pulley, to prevent the belt from being detached from a belt-entering side of the compressor pulley. The belt detachment preventing jig (J1) is includes a fitting groove (11a) positioned on an outer side surface of a pulley flange of the compressor pulley, and configured to be slidably fitted to the pulley flange of the pulley, and a notch (10b) configured to be fitted to the pulley flange of the crank pulley and prevent the jig (J1) from being driven into rotation by a rotation movement of the compressor pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Kunisada
  • Patent number: 9057422
    Abstract: A unitary stretch belt installation and removal tool includes an installation component having a slot for positioning the tool on the rim of a pulley and a wedge shaped element to stretch and guide a belt into a pulley groove as the pulley is rotated and further having an integral removal component including a slot and a shaped, generally convex belt guide surface for stretching and guiding a belt from a pulley as the pulley is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Lisle Corporation
    Inventor: Scotty R. Kurtz
  • Patent number: 8753238
    Abstract: A belt detachment tool 10 includes a detacher 11 and a pulley engagement portion 12. The detacher 11 includes a belt-climbing surface 11a?, a belt-sliding surface 11b?, and a belt-transferring surface 11c? disposed therebetween. At least a belt contact portion of the belt-transferring surface 11c? has a radius of curvature of 5-11 mm in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Kunisada
  • Patent number: 8684871
    Abstract: A belt positioner 1 for installing a flexible belt into a grooved periphery 12 of a pulley 11. The positioner 1 comprises a belt guiding ramp 2, a pulley flange engaging mechanism 3, a handle 4 and a belt guiding rim 5. The belt guiding ramp 2 is extendible across the grooved periphery 12 and a belt-bearing slanting surface 20 of the ramp 2 enables the belt to be moved into engagement with the grooved periphery 12 when the pulley 11 is rotated about its rotational axis. The pulley flange engaging mechanism 3 comprises a groove 30 extending across the positioner 1 for receiving a pulley flange 13 bordering the grooved periphery 12 and a shoulder 31 bordering the groove 30 for bearing against a side face 14 of the pulley flange 13, wherein the engaging mechanism 3 locks the positioner 1 to the pulley 11 while the belt bears against the slanting surface 20. The handle 4 extends from the ramp 2 and provides a gripping surface 42 for fingers adjacent the ramp 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Private Brand Tools (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: David Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20140018200
    Abstract: A belt detachment tool 10 includes a detacher 11 and a pulley engagement portion 12. The detacher 11 includes a belt-climbing surface 11a?, a belt-sliding surface 11b?, and a belt-transferring surface 11c? disposed therebetween. At least a belt contact portion of the belt-transferring surface 11c? has a radius of curvature of 5-11 mm in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi KUNISADA
  • Patent number: 8460139
    Abstract: A belt installation guide is disclosed which accommodates the loading in a belt module of a new belt around drive rollers. The guide is placed opposite the end portions of the rollers, the belt is slipped over the guides and held by the guides until the belt is pushed over the rollers. The guides can be attached to the belt module or can be detachable therefrom. Once in place over the rollers, a tension is exerted on the belt to make it taut over all of the rollers. The guide is removed from near the rollers after the belt is in place over the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce J. Parks
  • Patent number: 8403784
    Abstract: A tool is provided for accessing and handling a belt, such as a serpentine belt, that revolves around pulleys and gears on or in proximity to an engine in a vehicle. For example, the serpentine belt may be accessed, gripped, guided around the pulleys and gears, removed from the pulleys and/or gears and installed on the pulleys and/or gears by utilizing the tool. Further, is not limited to handling of the serpentine belt being utilized in the vehicles, and can be utilized for handling various other belts also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventor: Peter Conneely
  • Patent number: 8397363
    Abstract: A holding surface 7 holding a portion of a belt 4 radially outwardly of a pulley flange 6 is formed on a belt mounting jig 1. A guide surface 8 guiding the belt 4 to the holding surface 7 is formed on the belt mounting jig 1. The guide surface 8 is formed into a curved shape bulging forwardly of the direction of rotation continuously from the holding surface 7. The belt mounting jig 1 is fixed to a small-diameter-side or low-load-side pulley 2. The belt 4 is wound around the belt mounting jig 1 and pulleys 2 and 3, and the large-diameter-side or high-load-side pulley 3 is rotated. The pulley 2 is rotated by a tension of the belt 4 guided in the rotating direction by the guide surface 8. The portion of the belt 4 slides in a direction along the pulley axis into a pulley groove 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Gates Unitta Asia Company
    Inventor: Toshifumi Fukatani
  • Patent number: 8241159
    Abstract: A method for mounting a belt on a first pulley and a second pulley is disclosed, wherein a guide member and a fixing member is used. The method includes steps of winding the belt around a pulley groove of the second pulley; fitting the guide member in an inner groove of the first pulley; fixing the guide member on the first pulley using the fixing member; seating the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley using the fixing member; positioning the belt in the outer direction with respect to the axial direction of the first pulley, by the guidance of a belt introduction surface of the guide member; and rotating the first pulley in the rotational direction of the first pulley so as to seat the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetsugu Iwata
  • Patent number: 8109849
    Abstract: An apparatus for compressing an automatic belt tensioning cylinder to permit a belt to be placed around, the engine pulleys, includes a pneumatic cylinder and a jig, the jib being adapted to hold the tensioning cylinder during compression thereof by the pneumatic cylinder. The jig holds a plunger sensor that is operable to detect the presence of the tensioning cylinder, and to control the flow of pressurizing fluid such that the pneumatic cylinder cannot be operated in an extension direction when the tensioning cylinder is absent from the jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James Mason, Ryan M. Johnson, Freedus McDermitt, Michael E. Patterson
  • Patent number: 8033041
    Abstract: This invention relates to a display panel tensioner whereby a flexible display panel, generally of the type carrying advertising or promotional material, may be supported under tension to thereby provide a smooth and neat appearance that enhances the aesthetics of the display panel. The tensioner comprising a body having attachment formations whereby it may be secured to a support structure, a track formed in the body and receiving an elongate tensioning member that is longitudinally movable along the track between terminal positions with the tensioning member being movable in a plane generally parallel to a plane in which a display panel is to be supported thereby, resilient biasing means urging the tensioning member towards one terminal position thereof relative to the track, and attachment means for releasably attaching a display panel assembly to the tensioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: Du Toit Family Trust IT 3452/1998, Renner Family Trust
    Inventor: Hano van Riet
  • Publication number: 20100173737
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for mounting a belt in a ribbed groove of a pulley of a transmission system, the tool being characterized in that it presents a nose region (10) presenting a catching edge (11) that acts during mounting to form a bearing surface for at least a fraction of the ribs of the belt by raising the outside flank of the belt relative to its opposite inside flank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Coirault, Benoit Guillot, Dimitri Voulgaris
  • Publication number: 20100069186
    Abstract: One embodiment of a tool for handling a serpentine belt may include a hollow pipe that may have a longitudinal opening configured at a distal end portion thereof. Further, the hollow pipe may include a first griping member and a sleeve member. The first gripping member may be configured at the distal end portion of the hollow pipe and may be projected outwards from the longitudinal opening. Moreover, the sleeve member may be configured at a proximal end portion of the hollow pipe. The tool may also have a rod that may be partially enclosed and slidably engaged with the hollow pipe. Further, the rod may include a second gripping member that may be configured at a distal end portion thereof in a parallel relationship with the first gripping member. The second gripping member may project outwards from the longitudinal opening. The tool may also have a handle member that may be configured at a proximal end portion of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Conneely
  • Publication number: 20100048335
    Abstract: An elastic belt assembly device (1) around a pulley (20), comprising mechanic means (2) for driving and slipping the belt toward the pulley (20), the said device (1) being formed by an autonomous part capable of fixing to the pulley (20). The main characteristic of the device according to the invention is that it comprises a hanging means (3) provided with peripheral stoppers (9), capable of being liberated through activation of a control handle (5), allowing the insertion of said system (3) in the pulley (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES S.A.
    Inventor: Fabien Debuire
  • Publication number: 20080155803
    Abstract: A method for mounting a belt on a first pulley and a second pulley is disclosed, wherein a guide member and a fixing member is used. The method includes steps of winding the belt around a pulley groove of the second pulley; fitting the guide member in an inner groove of the first pulley; fixing the guide member on the first pulley using the fixing member; seating the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley using the fixing member; positioning the belt in the outer direction with respect to the axial direction of the first pulley, by the guidance of a belt introduction surface of the guide member; and rotating the first pulley in the rotational direction of the first pulley so as to seat the belt in the inner pulley groove of the first pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: HIDETSUGU IWATA
  • Patent number: 7335121
    Abstract: A belt installation tool having a body and an angular member projecting from the body for engaging a pulley belt bearing surface. A surface disposed substantially normal to the angular member comprises a chamfered lip for engaging a pulley web feature. The lip and angular member removeably attach the tool to a pulley by flexure of the angular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation IP Law Dept.
    Inventors: Barry Fletcher, Cornel Ureche
  • Patent number: 7250016
    Abstract: An apparatus for manually uncoupling a V-belt drive from an active power source. The apparatus is mounted on the end of a pulley of the V-belt drive and is comprised of a tapered member connected to the output shaft of the power source for engaging in holding relationship the pulley of said V-belt drive; a retractor member attached to the pulley; and a toggle linkage for displacing the retractor member relative to the tapered member to disengage the pulley from the tapered member. The toggle linkage includes a first pair of diverging toggle links and a second pair of crossing toggle links having end portions pivotally connected to end portions of said first pair of toggle links. The second pair of toggle links is mounted in a sleeve for rotation about an axis having a fixed relationship to the tapered member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Inventor: Douglas H. Petit
  • Patent number: 7247110
    Abstract: A tool for mounting a belt in a groove of a pulley of an automotive vehicle wherein the pulley has a rim and a flat lateral surface on each side of its groove. The tool includes a main body having an internal flat body surface and an external flat body surface; a flap provided on an edge of the main body and bent substantially at a right angle relative to the internal flat body surface and in the direction thereof. The tool also has a belt guiding area having substantially an arcuate shape and projecting substantially normally from the external flat body surface. The tool is useful for mounting a power transmission striated belt that includes an elastomeric matrix and a lengthwise supporting structure consisting of polyamide 4.6 twisted strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventors: Alain Winninger, Jean Claude Sedilleau, Jean-Jacques Robert
  • Patent number: 7211015
    Abstract: A belt installation tool having a first member (18) engagable with a pulley hub whereby a belt installation radial load is transmitted to the pulley hub. A body (10) having a tool engagement portion (15) disposed radially from the pulley hub. A second member (11) radially extending from the body opposite the first member, the second member having a lateral urging surface (12) for laterally urging a belt into a pulley groove. A roller (17) having a conical surface (17A) extending normally from the body at a radius substantially equal to or less than a pulley flange radius and in a direction opposite a pulley, the roller cooperatively disposed with the lateral urging surface whereby a belt is borne from the roller to the lateral urging surface during belt installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: John Shaw
  • Patent number: 7056244
    Abstract: A belt installation tool for installing a belt without rotating the pulley or the tool about a pulley axis of rotation. The tool comprises a ramp that engages a pulley flange. The ramp comprises a connecting member for connecting the ramp to the flange. After the ramp is connected to a pulley flange a belt is loosely engaged with the ramp. A first lever arm connected to the ramp is used to pry the ramp and belt outward by pivoting about the first connecting member until a second connecting member is engaged with the pulley flange. The ramp further comprises a member for laterally urging the belt. Once the ramp is fixed on the pulley flange a second lever arm, connected at a pivot point, urges the belt laterally onto the pulley. The second lever arm is moveable in a direction normal to the movement of the first lever arm, thereby laterally urging the belt onto a pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Yahya Hodjat
  • Patent number: 7048663
    Abstract: A tool for fitting a belt into the groove of a pulley. The tool comprises a base plate having a first and a second face. The plate is flat or forms a part of a cylinder and the first face is concave. The tool also comprises first and second holding members that are substantially flat and parallel with each other. The holding members are spaced apart and extend from the first face of the base plate. If the base plate is flat, the holding members are perpendicular to the base plate. If the base plate is not flat, the holding members are perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder at least partially formed by the base plate. The tool also comprises a guide member extending from a second face of the plate opposite to the first face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Hutchinson
    Inventor: Thierry Riaudel
  • Patent number: 6955622
    Abstract: A preassembled drive means unit provided with a support body comprising at least one wheel receiver, which is adapted to receive therein a respective drive means wheel, and an endless drive means, which is adapted to be put around said drive means wheels. This drive means unit comprises a replaceable mounting aid which is arranged in the area of the wheel receiver instead of a drive means wheel. One or a plurality of the drive means wheels can be replaced by the mounting aid. The whole preassembled drive means unit is held in position by the mounting aid, although one or a plurality of the drive means wheels of the drive means unit are not installed. In this way, it will be more easily possible to assemble the drive means unit and to attach the drive means wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: H. Winklhofer & Sohne GmbH and Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Bachmair
  • Patent number: 6883959
    Abstract: A mixing machine includes a power bowl lift mechanism that operates independent of a drive motor for mixing operations, and may be formed by a linear actuator. A pivoting motor mount assembly can be used in conjunction with a portable tensioning tool for tensioning a drive belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Premark FEG L.L.C.
    Inventors: Thomas S. Donthnier, Richard Dwight Valentine, Janice J. Schnipke, Brian A. Brunswick, Brian E. Bader
  • Publication number: 20040248681
    Abstract: A tool for fitting a belt into the groove of a pulley. The tool comprises a base plate having a first and a second face. The plate is flat or forms a part of a cylinder and the first face is concave. The tool also comprises first and second holding members that are substantially flat and parallel with each other. The holding members are spaced apart and extend from the first face of the base plate. If the base plate is flat, the holding members are perpendicular to the base plate. If the base plate is not flat, the holding members are perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder at least partially formed by the base plate. The tool also comprises a guide member extending from a second face of the plate opposite to the first face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Hutchinson
    Inventor: Thierry Riaudel
  • Patent number: 6783473
    Abstract: The invention comprises a belt installation tool comprising a substantially planar body. A belt engaging surface extends substantially normally from a portion of the planar body. A pulley engaging portion extends from the planar body approximately opposite the belt engaging surface. A central bore allows a tool to engage a pulley shaft. In use, the pulley engaging surface engages a pulley whereby the tool is rotated by a pulley rotation about a pulley axis, thereby causing the belt engaging surface to automatically urge a belt onto a pulley. The planar body stabilizes the tool against the pulley as a belt is installed. The molded body may be fabricated by injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: The Gate Corporation
    Inventors: Marc De Meester, Adelbrecht Vanheusden, Kamiel Slagmulder
  • Patent number: 6736743
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Barry Fletcher, Mark Anthony Muscat, Joel Patrick Musyj, Christian Joseph Schmutz, John M. Shaw
  • Publication number: 20040063530
    Abstract: The invention comprises a belt installation tool comprising a substantially planar body. A belt engaging surface extends substantially normally from a portion of the planar body. A pulley engaging portion extends from the planar body approximately opposite the belt engaging surface. A central bore allows a tool to engage a pulley shaft. In use, the pulley engaging surface engages a pulley whereby the tool is rotated by a pulley rotation about a pulley axis, thereby causing the belt engaging surface to automatically urge a belt onto a pulley. The planar body stabilizes the tool against the pulley as a belt is installed. The molded body may be fabricated by injection molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Marc De Meester, Adelbrecht Vanheusden, Kamiel Slagmulder
  • Patent number: 6692391
    Abstract: A tool for installation and removal of power transmission belts from fixed center pulleys in a power transmission system. The tool consists of a principal member for attaching to a pulley, thus absorbing forces created during installing and removing belts, and simplifying the process. Separate installing and removing devices are secured to the principal member and all configured to support and maneuver the belt while installing onto, or removing from, the selected pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Dayco Products, LLC
    Inventors: Doug G. Gerring, David E. Gardner, Brian A. Brundage
  • Patent number: 6676551
    Abstract: A device for changing the drive belt in a machine having power transmitted by a trapezoidal flexible drive belt, a circular adapter plate for attachment to the terminal end of the shaft having the pulley having the spring means having an attachable compressor with a bail and a connector yoke, the connector yoke being shaped approximating a semi-circular flattened annulus, the inner radius being sized to fit about the adapter plate carried on the shaft, the outer being sufficiently larger to provide the necessary strength and provide for the attachment of the bail; the bail being pivotally attached to the yoke and having a planer graspable handle and an offset bearing pad, the bearing pad extending outwardly from the plane of the bail and affixed proximate the pivotal attachment to the connector yoke forming the “L” shape of the bail, the bearing pad further being adapted to engage the extension of the movable sheave of pulley with the spring means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Flaspeter
  • Publication number: 20040002400
    Abstract: A belt installation tool having a substantially planar body having a circumferential surface and a roller. The roller radially projects from the body. An axis of rotation of the roller is disposed cooperatively with a belt urging member. The belt urging member projects from an outer flange. The roller urges a belt slightly radially outward from a pulley center. The belt urging member then urges the belt laterally to install the belt in a pulley groove. A second roller projecting radially from the body and having an axis of rotation parallel to the body is used to remove a belt from a pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: John Ellis, Barry Fletcher, John Martin Shaw
  • Publication number: 20030211910
    Abstract: A tool for installation and removal of power transmission belts from fixed center pulleys in a power transmission system. The tool consists of a principal member for attaching to a pulley, thus absorbing forces created during installing and removing belts, and simplifying the process. Separate installing and removing devices are secured to the principal member and all configured to support and maneuver the belt while installing onto, or removing from, the selected pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Doug G. Gerring, David E. Gardner, Brian A. Brundage
  • Publication number: 20030176248
    Abstract: The invention comprises a tool for installing a low modulus type power transmission belt on an engine pulley. More particularly on a pulley having two sets of grooves whereby two power transmission belts are engaged with the pulley. The tool comprises a substantially semi-circular form having at least two surfaces engaged with a rim and which project radially therefrom. Each of the two surfaces also describe a helical angle with respect to an axis of rotation of the pulley. The first surface urges a belt into a first set of pulley grooves during a first tool rotation. The second surface urges the belt from the first set of pulley grooves to a second adjacent set of pulley grooves during a second rotation of the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Marc De Meester, Adelbrecht Vanheusden
  • Publication number: 20030139239
    Abstract: The invention comprises 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Barry Fletcher, Mark Anthony Muscat, Joel Patrick Musyj, Christian Joseph Schmutz, John M. Shaw
  • Patent number: 6565467
    Abstract: A belt de-installation tool having a monolithic curvilinear body. The body comprises a pulley engaging surface for engaging a perimeter of a pulley. A sloped arcuate belt engaging surface extends from the pulley engaging surface at a predetermined angle. A curved surface also extends from each end of the tool at a predetermined angle to the belt engaging surface. The tool is placed on a pulley between belt spans. As the pulley is turned the belt rides up on a curved surface of the tool, holding the tool in contact with the pulley. As it rotates, the belt comes into engagement with and gradually tracks across the sloped arcuate belt engaging surface, moving laterally to a pulley plane until it is fully disengaged from the pulley groove by action of the sloped arcuate belt engaging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Frank Amkreutz
  • Patent number: 6533689
    Abstract: The invention comprises a belt installation tool for installing a belt on a pulley. The tool comprises a plurality of segments. The segments and the headpiece are connected by a flexible connector with a headpiece attached to one end of the string of segments. Each segment comprises a belt bearing surface and a lip for engaging a pulley rim, thereby conforming to the curve of the pulley rim. The belt bearing surface describes a tapered surface. A surface normal to the belt bearing surface on each segment urges a belt from the tool onto a pulley as the pulley is turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventor: Frank Amkreutz
  • Publication number: 20020193193
    Abstract: The invention comprises a belt installation tool for installing a belt on a pulley. The tool comprises a plurality of segments. The segments and the headpiece are connected by a flexible connector with a headpiece attached to one end of the string of segments. Each segment comprises a belt bearing surface and a lip for engaging a pulley rim, thereby conforming to the curve of the pulley rim. The belt bearing surface describes a tapered surface. A surface normal to the belt bearing surface on each segment urges a belt from the tool onto a pulley as the pulley is turned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Frank Amkreutz
  • Publication number: 20020151397
    Abstract: The invention comprises a belt installation tool for installing a belt on a pulley. The tool comprises a plurality of segments. The segments and the headpiece are connected by a flexible connector with a headpiece attached to one end of the string of segments. Each segment comprises a belt bearing surface and a lip for engaging a pulley rim, thereby conforming to the curve of the pulley rim. The belt bearing surface describes a tapered surface. A surface normal to the belt bearing surface on each segment urges a belt from the tool onto a pulley as the pulley is turned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Frank Amkreutz
  • Publication number: 20020119849
    Abstract: A tool for manipulating bicycle drive chains having a central elongated portion with a first and second end formed to manipulate the drive chain while being held by the other end as a handle. On a first version, the first end is formed to grasp and pull the drive chain while the second end is formed to grasp and push the drive chain. Other versions of the tool provide for both ends to feature pulling ends, or both ends to feature pushing ends, or one end with a pushing or pulling end and the other end terminating as a straight element. Each version of the tool is fashioned to be small, compact and easily portable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventor: Robert Maynard