Abstract: The present invention relates to an idle gear set for an overhead poultry conveyor, the gear set including a variable structure chain gear capable of being adjusted in size according to the needs of a user. Specifically, an idle gear set for an overhead poultry conveyor includes a chain gear for moving a roller assembly, the chain gear comprises: a pair of plates vertically spaced apart and arranged in parallel; and a plurality of chain guides interposed between the pair of plates, and radially arranged along the circumferences of the plates, wherein the chain guides are arranged to be spaced apart such that a mounting groove into which the roller assembly is inserted can be formed between the chain guide and another adjacent chain guide.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a bicycle may be provided with various interactive components configured to reliably and repeatably engage and disengage with one another both when new and after a period of wear. The drive arrangement may include a drive sprocket assembly connected to a driven sprocket assembly with a chain movable by a gear changer.

Abstract: A sprocket for engagement with a drive chain has a plurality of teeth extending radially from a periphery of the sprocket, including a first and a second group of teeth; the teeth of the first group and the second group are alternately arranged so that each tooth of the first group is followed by a tooth of the second group, and vice versa; each tooth of the first group having a first maximum width, each tooth of the second group having a second maximum width which is larger than the first maximum width; each tooth of the second group has a protrusion on at least one lateral face of the tooth; the outer lateral face of the protrusion extends over a first portion of the lateral face of each tooth of the second group, the length being 50% of the length of the respective tooth or less.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel, a roller on which the display panel is wound or unwound, and a lifting unit configured to move the display panel in a vertical direction, wherein the lifting unit includes a plurality of chain units configured to be coupled when ascending and separated from each other when descending, a first power transmission unit configured to lift the plurality of chain units, and a second power transmission unit configured to couple or separate the plurality of chain units by switching movement directions of the plurality of chain units, so that durability and wobbling of the display device can be improved.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a torque transmission assembly for a bicycle. The torque transmission assembly includes an adapter device and a driving body that is rigidly connectable to the adapter device in a torque transmitting manner. The adapter device has three support arms that extend with a radial direction component, and the driving body has a corresponding number of support cutouts. The support arms are received in the support cutouts forming a press fit. The torque transmission assembly is characterized in that the press fit of the support arms and support cutouts has two fitting planes, which are parallel to one another and to an imaginary plane containing the axis of rotation of the assembly. There is a clearance between the support arm and support cutout along the radial direction component.

Abstract: A bicycle rear sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket and a second sprocket. The first sprocket includes a first torque-transmitting profile disposed around a first sprocket opening. The second sprocket includes a second torque-transmitting profile disposed around a second sprocket opening. The first torque-transmitting profile is configured to engage with the second torque-transmitting profile in the mounted state. The first sprocket includes an axial abutment surface configured to axially abut against the second sprocket for axially positioning the first sprocket and the second sprocket relative to each other in the mounted state. The axial abutment surface is disposed farther from an axial center plane of the bicycle rear hub assembly than the first torque-transmitting profile in the mounted state.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a gear toothing on a metallic workpiece and a tool device for calibration of a gear toothing inlet and/or a gear toothing outlet of a gear of the metallic workpiece. The method includes producing the gear toothing by forming manufacturing and performing a compression process to calibrate a gear toothing inlet and/or a gear toothing outlet of the gear toothing, wherein a gear tooth shape and a gear tooth length are adjusted during the compression process. The tool device includes a workpiece location for accommodating the workpiece, an axially movable die selectively engageable with the gear toothing, the die supporting the gear toothing and predefining the gear tooth shape to be adjusted on the gear toothing inlet and/or on the gear toothing outlet, and at least one axially movable compression ring which calibrates the gear toothing inlet and/or gear toothing outlet by a compression process.

Abstract: A bicycle rear sprocket comprises a sprocket body and a plurality of sprocket teeth including a plurality of driving-noise reduction teeth. Each of the plurality of driving-noise reduction teeth comprises an upstream circumferential surface, a downstream circumferential surface, a first chamfer, and a second chamfer. The first chamfer has a first borderline relative to the bicycle outward surface. The second chamfer has a second borderline relative to the bicycle outward surface. A first opposite end of the first borderline and a second opposite end of the second borderline are disposed radially outwardly from each of a first end of the first borderline and a second end of the second borderline with respect to the rotational center axis. A total number of the plurality of driving-noise reduction teeth is equal to or larger than one-third of a total tooth-space number of the plurality of sprocket teeth.

Abstract: A bicycle multiple sprocket comprises a plurality of sprockets. The plurality of sprockets includes a first sprocket and a second sprocket. The second sprocket includes a second sprocket body and a plurality of second sprocket teeth extending radially outwardly from the second sprocket body with respect to the rotational center axis. The plurality of second sprocket teeth includes at least one chain-curvature limiting tooth having a chain-curvature limiting surface configured to support an inner link plate of a bicycle chain in the axial direction in a chain-inclining state where the bicycle chain is inclined from the at least one chain-curvature limiting tooth toward the first sprocket so as to prevent one of a plurality of first sprocket teeth from engaging in an outer link space provided between an opposed pair of outer link plates of the bicycle chain.

Abstract: A sprocket for engagement with a drive chain has a plurality of teeth extending radially from a periphery of the sprocket, including a first and a second group of teeth; the teeth of the first group and the second group are alternately arranged so that each tooth of the first group is followed by a tooth of the second group, and vice versa; each tooth of the first group having a first maximum width, each tooth of the second group having a second maximum width which is larger than the first maximum width; each tooth of the second group has a protrusion on at least one lateral face of the tooth; the outer lateral face of the protrusion extends over a first portion of the lateral face of each tooth of the second group, the length being 50% of the length of the respective tooth or less.

Abstract: Provided is a zipper chain. The zipper chain includes a plurality of chain portions arranged to face each other and engaged with each other at one point while making linear movements. Each chain portion includes a plurality of upper plates connected to each other; a plurality of lower plates arranged to respectively face the upper plates, respectively spaced apart from the upper plates, and connected to each other; a plurality of connecting portions each connecting one of the upper plates to a corresponding one of the lower plates and connecting adjacent upper plates among the plurality of upper plates or adjacent lower plates among the plurality of lower plates; and a plurality of protrusions respectively protruding from the plurality of connecting portions.

Abstract: A bicycle rear wheel sprocket arrangement which is rotatable about a common sprocket rotation axis that defines an axial direction and orthogonal to which are radial directions, comprising a plurality of sprockets of different sizes and number of teeth arranged coaxially along the sprocket rotation axis, which are connected to one another such that the sprockets jointly rotate about the sprocket rotation axis together, wherein the sprocket arrangement comprises a first partial arrangement that includes a largest sprocket, and a second partial arrangement that includes a plurality of sprockets formed integrally with one another. One partial arrangement has a plurality of elastically deformable latching formations that are in latching engagement with a plurality of mating latching formations of the other partial arrangement to prevent the two partial arrangements from separating in the axial direction.

Abstract: A method of making a bicycle sprocket having a rotational center axis basically includes providing an annular portion and forming a first tooth and a second tooth. The annular portion is made of a base material and has a plurality of teeth. At least one of the teeth is processed to form a first tooth, and at least one other of the teeth is processed to form a second tooth. The first tooth has a first axial chain engaging width that is smaller than a first axial spacing of an outer link of a bicycle chain and larger than a second axial spacing of an inner link that is coupled to an outer link. The second tooth is formed to have a second axial chain engaging width that is smaller than the second axial spacing. The second tooth is formed by deforming the base material.

Abstract: A bicycle drive includes a multi-sprocket arrangement for rotatable mounting on a rear-wheel axle an engagement with a bicycle chain having inner link plate pairs and chain outer link plate pairs. The multi-sprocket arrangement includes a sprocket having, between an axial inner side and an oppositely situated axial outer side, a flat sprocket body and a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the sprocket. The plurality of teeth include at least one tooth of a first tooth group, the axial width of which is dimensioned to be greater than a chain inner link plate spacing and smaller than a chain outer link plate spacing, and a second tooth group, the axial width of which are dimensioned to be smaller than the chain inner link plate spacing.

Abstract: A bicycle hub assembly comprises a hub axle, a hub body, a sprocket support body, and a freewheel structure. The sprocket support body includes at least ten external spline teeth configured to engage with a bicycle rear sprocket assembly. Each of the at least ten external spline teeth has an external-spline driving surface and an external-spline non-driving surface. The freewheel structure includes a first ratchet member and a second ratchet member. The first ratchet member includes at least one first ratchet tooth. The second ratchet member includes at least one second ratchet tooth configured to engage with the at least one first ratchet tooth in a torque transmitting manner.

Abstract: A composite metal flexplate is disclosed that includes an aluminum center plate and a steel ring gear joined to the aluminum center plate by a solid-state joint. The solid-state joint that joins together the aluminum center plate and the steel ring gear may be formed by friction welding. During the friction welding process, a surface of an annular body of the steel ring gear is preheated, followed by bringing the preheated surface of the annular body into contact with a surface of a periphery of a circular body of the aluminum center plate. The two contacting surfaces are then caused to experience relative rotational contacting movement, which generates frictional heat therebetween and softens adjacent regions of the steel ring gear and the aluminum center plate. Once this occurs, an applied force is administered to compress and forge the contacting surfaces together, thereby establishing the solid-state joint.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a conveyor belt comprising a drive roller with a constant section cylinder and conical tip teeth, a mesh type drive belt, wherein said holes coincide with the teeth of the drive roller and a sliding plate, the drive belt being supported on the sliding plate. Wherein coupling between the drive belt and the teeth allows reducing longitudinal and transversal strain of the mesh type drive belt.

Abstract: A chain wheel includes a body and protrusions extending outward along the periphery of the body for receiving links of a chain. The protrusions are connected releasably to the body and are spring-mounted independently of each other in a peripheral direction relative to the body.

Abstract: A rear wheel sprocket arrangement for a bicycle comprises a plurality of coaxially arranged sprockets having different numbers of teeth, wherein an entire gear range of the sprocket arrangement is at least three-hundred fifty percent (350%), and wherein an average percentage gear stage step lies within a range of fifteen percent (15%) to thirty percent (30%).

Abstract: A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body and a plurality of sprocket teeth including at least one first tooth to initially disengage with the bicycle chain in a shifting operation where the bicycle chain shifts from the bicycle sprocket to an adjacent smaller bicycle sprocket. At least one second tooth is disposed adjacent to the at least one first tooth at an upstream side of the at least one first tooth in a driving rotational direction of the bicycle sprocket. The at least one second tooth has a first tooth height. At least one third tooth is disposed adjacent to the at least one second tooth at the upstream side of the at least one second tooth. The at least one third tooth has a second tooth height longer than the first tooth height.

Abstract: A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body and a plurality of sprocket teeth. The plurality of sprocket teeth includes at least one first axially recessed upshifting-facilitation tooth with respect to a rotational center axis. The plurality of sprocket teeth includes at least one first axially recessed downshifting-facilitation tooth with respect to the rotational center axis. The at least one first axially recessed downshifting-facilitation tooth is adjacent to the at least one first axially recessed upshifting-facilitation tooth without another tooth therebetween in a circumferential direction with respect to the rotational center axis. The at least one first axially recessed upshifting-facilitation tooth and the at least one first axially recessed downshifting-facilitation tooth provide a first continuous recess extending in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: A bicycle sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket. The first sprocket comprises a first sprocket body, a shifting facilitation area, and a plurality of first sprocket teeth. The plurality of first sprocket teeth includes a plurality of first teeth and a plurality of second teeth. The plurality of first teeth includes a shifting-facilitation tooth and a first driving tooth. A maximum axial top width of the shifting-facilitation tooth is smaller than a maximum axial bottom width of the shifting-facilitation tooth. The maximum axial top width of the shifting-facilitation tooth is smaller than a maximum axial top width of the first driving tooth. The plurality of second teeth includes a second driving tooth extending radially outwardly from the first sprocket body. The plurality of second teeth has a maximum axial width smaller than a maximum axial bottom width of the first driving tooth.

Abstract: A bicycle crank assembly with adjustment orientation system for ovoid toothed chainrings comprising a right crank arm (2) provided with a fifth torque transmission profile (211); a shaft (1) provided with a second torque transmission profile (121) which is non-rotatably engaged to said fifth profile (211); and a transmission element (3), for incorporating toothed chainrings, provided with a fourth torque transmission profile (301) to non-rotatably engage with the first torque transmission profile (120) of the shaft (1). So, when combining the N2 angular positions provided by the coupling between the right crank (2) and the shaft (1) with the N1 angular positions provided by the coupling between the transmission element (3) and the shaft (1), Nt different relative angular positions between the right crank (2) and the transmission element (3) are obtained, thus increasing the possible orientations and decreasing the angular increment between consecutive orientations of the crank assembly.

Abstract: The device for the motion transmission onto cycles comprises: a connecting core able to be associated with a frame of a cycle in a rotatable way around an axis of rotation; and a ring gear lying on a lying plane surrounding the core and able to be coupled to a flexible transmission element closed on itself in a loop for starting said cycle along a direction of forward movement; oscillation means placed between the connecting core and the ring gear and able to tilt the lying plane with respect to the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A sprocket tip for a sprocket assembly is disclosed. The sprocket tip includes a body defining at least one circumferential end face forming an engagement face configured to drivingly engage a traction system. A void is defined on an internal face of the body defined on an underside of the at least one circumferential end face.

Abstract: A bicycle rear sprocket comprises a sprocket body and a plurality of sprocket teeth. The plurality of sprocket teeth includes at least one driving tooth configured to engage with a roller of a bicycle chain. The at least one driving tooth comprises a driving surface, a first tangential line, a first angle, a second tangential line, and a second angle. The driving surface includes a first driving surface and a second driving surface. The first driving surface has a first contact point. The second driving surface has a second contact point. The first angle is defined between the first tangential line and a reference line. The second angle is defined between the second tangential line and the reference line. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.

Abstract: An individual chain wheel for a bicycle front crank arrangement for engaging in a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth formed on a circumference of the chain wheel and having a first and a second group of teeth. The teeth of the second group of teeth are arranged in an alternating manner between the teeth of the first group of teeth. Each tooth has a load flank via which force is transmitted between an adjacent roller of the drive chain and the respective tooth. Each tooth of the first group may also have at least one profile with an opening in the vicinity of the flank, in which a portion of an inner link plate of the drive chain, which portion protrudes beyond the roller, engages.

Abstract: A bicycle crank arm is basically provided that includes a first structural member and a second structural member attached to the first structural member. The first structural member is made of a first material including a non-metallic material. The second structural member is made of a second material that is different from the first material.

Abstract: A pinion gear meshes with a drive gear. The drive gear is connected to a handle shaft of a fishing reel that winds a fishing line onto a spool supported by a reel body by rotational operation of the handle shaft rotatably supported to the reel body to transmit the rotation of the handle shaft. The pinion gear includes a gear portion and a shaft. The gear portion meshes with the drive gear. The shaft portion, to which the gear portion is non-rotatably fitted, is integrally rotatable with the gear portion. The gear portion and the shaft portion are formed from different materials, and the specific gravity of the shaft portion is smaller than the specific gravity of the gear portion.

Abstract: A pulley device for a tensioner roller or winding roller of a torque-transmission transmitter includes a pulley, a bearing, a spacer supporting the bearing and provided with a through bore, and a securing bolt extending into the bore in the spacer. The device further provides at least one means for captively securing the securing bolt relative to the spacer, the captive-securing means being breakable and inserted between the bolt and the spacer.

Abstract: An extractor fan for use in a sugarcane harvester is configured to generate a flow of air to separate debris from sugarcane billets produced by the sugarcane harvester. The extractor fan comprises an extractor fan blade configured to contribute to generation of the flow of air. The extractor fan blade comprises a wear indicator configured to indicate wear of the extractor fan blade.

Abstract: A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body, a shifting facilitation area, and a plurality of chain-driving teeth. The plurality of chain-driving teeth comprises a reference tooth and a first tooth. The reference tooth has a reference radial length defined radially outward from a root circle of the bicycle sprocket. The first tooth has a first radial length defined radially outward from the root circle of the bicycle sprocket. The first radial length is larger than the reference radial length. The first tooth is adjacent to the reference tooth in a circumferential direction defined about the rotational center axis without another tooth between the first tooth and the reference tooth. The first tooth is provided on a downstream side of the reference tooth in a driving rotational direction in which the bicycle sprocket is rotated about the rotational center axis during pedaling.

Abstract: A bicycle sprocket comprises a first member and a second member. The first member comprises a plurality of first teeth and a first body. The first body includes a plurality of first arms arranged in a circumferential direction of the bicycle sprocket. The second member comprises a plurality of second teeth and a second body. The second body includes a plurality of second arms arranged in the circumferential direction. The second member is configured to be attached to the first member so that an interior cavity is provided between the first member and the second member. The interior cavity is at least partially provided between at least one of the first arms and at least one of the second arms facing the at least one of the first arms in a state where the second member is attached to the first member.

Abstract: A bicycle chainring includes a plurality of teeth extending from a periphery of the chainring wherein roots of the plurality of teeth are disposed adjacent the periphery of the chainring. The plurality of teeth include a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth, each of the first group of teeth wider than each of the second group of teeth. At least some of the second group of teeth are arranged alternatingly and adjacently between the first group of teeth, and wherein the periphery of the chainring is generally non-circular.

Abstract: A bicycle chainring for engagement with a drive chain includes a plurality of teeth extending from a periphery of the chainring wherein roots of the plurality of teeth are disposed adjacent the periphery of the chainring. The plurality of teeth include a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth, each of the first group of teeth wider than each of the second group of teeth. At least some of the second group of teeth are arranged alternatingly and adjacently between the first group of teeth, and at least some of the first group of teeth are asymmetrically wider than each of the second group of teeth.

Abstract: A bicycle chainring includes a plurality of teeth extending from a periphery of the chainring wherein roots of the plurality of teeth are disposed adjacent the periphery of the chainring. The plurality of teeth include a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth, each of the first group of teeth wider than each of the second group of teeth, and at least some of the second group of teeth arranged alternatingly and adjacently between the first group of teeth, wherein the center of a top land of at least some of the first and second groups of teeth are offset from a plane in a direction toward one of the inboard and outboard sides of the chainring.

Abstract: A motor chain saw has a first driven sprocket wheel driving a saw chain lubricated via a supply pump driven by first and second drive wheel, wherein the second drive wheel is connected to the first sprocket wheel. A drive element with coupling section is connected to the first sprocket wheel and the second drive wheel is formed on the drive element. A second sprocket wheel can be used in place of the first sprocket wheel. The first and second sprocket wheels have different geometries. The coupling section has first and second followers correlated with follower surfaces of the first and second sprocket wheels. The coupling section contacts with first followers the follower surfaces of the first sprocket wheel or with second followers the follower surfaces of the second sprocket wheel when used in place of the first sprocket wheel.

Abstract: A bicycle chainring includes a plurality of teeth extending from a periphery of the chainring wherein roots of the plurality of teeth are disposed adjacent the periphery of the chainring. The plurality of teeth including a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth, each of the first group of teeth wider than each of the second group of teeth. At least some of the second group of teeth are arranged alternatingly and adjacently between the first group of teeth, each of the plurality of teeth includes an outboard side and an inboard side opposite the outboard side and one of the inboard and outboard sides of each of the second group of teeth includes a link-receiving recess formed in the chainring.

Abstract: A bicycle cogset manufacturing method includes: connecting a first and a second sprocket in different sizes with connecting members as a sprockets assembly in advance, where first and second inner portions of the first and second sprockets respectively have first insertion and second insertion members, and each of the insertion members are respectively provided with a first and a second positioning hole; transferring the sprockets assembly into a mold, and performing pouring to form a sprocket base, where an assembly hole is disposed in the center of the sprocket base, a plurality of connecting arms are arranged on an outer portion of the sprocket base, and the connecting arms clad the first insertion members and the second insertion members to form a cogset. In this way, modularization can be implemented to achieve objectives of preventing troublesome riveting, accelerating manufacture, and reducing product weight.

Abstract: A bicycle chainring includes a plurality of teeth extending from a periphery of the chainring wherein roots of the plurality of teeth are disposed adjacent the periphery of the chainring. The plurality of teeth include a first group of teeth and a second group of teeth, each of the first group of teeth wider than each of the second group of teeth. At least some of the second group of teeth arranged alternatingly and adjacently between the first group of teeth, and at least some of the first and/or second group of teeth being asymmetric along the chainring circumference.

Abstract: A chain and sprocket drive system that includes an inverted tooth chain assembly configured to mesh with a laminated sprocket assembly is provided. The inverted tooth chain assembly includes a plurality of rows of links. The laminated sprocket assembly includes a plurality of plates, each of the plates including a plurality of teeth that are aligned with adjacent teeth. Each tooth has an engaging flank and a disengaging flank. The engaging flank of the teeth on one of the plurality of plates has an enlarged profile in a radially outwardly extending direction in comparison to corresponding ones of the teeth of an adjacent one of the plates, such that a first contact position with a link of the chain assembly carried thereon is located radially outward from a second contact position of the link with the corresponding teeth of the adjacent one of the plurality of plates.

Abstract: A sprocket includes a first body with teeth radially projecting therefrom, and second bodies on alternating ones of the teeth, with the second bodies increasing an overall width of the alternating ones of the teeth.

Abstract: A sprocket includes first teeth having a first maximum width, and second teeth having a second maximum width greater than the first maximum width alternately arranged with the first teeth. The second teeth have a leading surface relative to a drive direction of the sprocket, a lateral surface at the second maximum width, a relief between the leading surface and the lateral surface, and a relief cut in the relief, with a midline of the lateral surface being offset relative to a plane extended radially through a center of a respective tooth.

Abstract: A sprocket includes first teeth having a first maximum width, and second teeth having a second maximum width greater than the first maximum width alternately arranged with the first teeth. The second teeth have a leading surface relative to a drive direction of the sprocket, a lateral surface at the second maximum width, and a relief between the leading surface and the lateral surface, with a midline of the lateral surface being offset relative to a plane extended radially through a center of a respective tooth.

Abstract: A planetary limit switch contains a front transmission module, at least one following transmission module, and at least one micro switch. The front transmission module couples with an external power source and includes a first planetary gear carrier and plural first planetary gears for matching with the first planetary gear carrier, a front driving gear meshes with the plural first planetary gears and connects with a driving shaft so as to be driven by the driving shaft. Each following transmission module includes a second planetary gear carrier and a plurality of second planetary gears, and the plurality of second planetary gears meshing with a following gear, wherein the second planetary gear carrier has a cam portion arranged on an outer peripheral side thereof. The at least one micro switch is fixed below at least one following transmission module and touched by the cam portion of the second planetary gear carrier.

Abstract: One object is to provide a gear to be included in a fishing reel to produce excellent rotation feeling while reducing the weight relative to the strength. In accordance with one aspect, a drive gear included in a fishing reel is formed of a circumferential part having tooth surfaces and a body part radially inside the circumferential part which are made of different materials and integrated together. These materials satisfy the following conditions: S1>S2, P1>P2, and F1<F2, where S1 and S2 represent material strengths, P1 and P2 represent material densities (specific gravities), and F1 and F2 represent vibration damping capacities for the circumferential part and the body part, respectively.

Abstract: A drive sprocket for driving a modular belt having a plurality of belt modules with intercalated link ends connected by transverse pivot members to form hinges. The belt modules may have transverse ribs. The drive sprocket is driven by a shaft. The drive sprocket has a central opening for receiving the shaft. The body has a plurality of teeth disposed in pairs along a periphery of the body. The body has a first opening formed between adjacent pairs of teeth and extending toward the center of the sprocket to provide access to the hinge area, when the belt engages with the sprocket, for application of cleaning fluid.

Abstract: A multifunction gauge includes a checking bar adapted to check wear of a roller chain, and a flexible checking member adapted to check wear of a sprocket and connected to the checking bar. The checking bar has a bar body that has opposite first and second end portions respectively having opposite first and second terminating ends. The checking bar further has spaced-apart first and second checking projections that project transversely from one side of the bar body.

Abstract: A chain and sprocket drive system that includes an inverted tooth chain assembly configured to mesh with a laminated sprocket assembly is provided. The inverted tooth chain assembly includes a plurality of rows of links. The laminated sprocket assembly includes a plurality of plates, each of the plates including a plurality of teeth that are aligned with adjacent teeth. Each tooth has an engaging flank and a disengaging flank. The engaging flank of the teeth on one of the plurality of plates has an enlarged profile in a radially outwardly extending direction in comparison to corresponding ones of the teeth of an adjacent one of the plates, such that a first contact position with a link of the chain assembly carried thereon is located radially outward from a second contact position of the link with the corresponding teeth of the adjacent one of the plurality of plates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multipart sprocket (1), in which an inner ring (2) for fixing the multipart sprocket (1) to a wheel hub comprises through-holes (5) which are located on a common hole circle, wherein the inner ring (2) on the periphery thereof comprises radially outwardly directed inner ring lugs (2A) for receiving a gear rim (8), and the gear rim (8) comprises radially inwardly directed gear rim lugs (11) which are spatially associated with the radially outwardly directed inner ring lugs (2A), and means (12, 13, 14) are present, which connect the inner ring (2) and the gear rim (8) axially and radially.