Stabilized tensioning device for flexible drive element
CA 1314735 C · Owner: Gibson, Bernard P. Jr. · Inventors: Merchant, Howard C.; Gibson, Bernard P. Jr.
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Abstract of the Invention, A free-floating tensioning device having motion damping capabilities and gyroscopic action stabilizing capabilities for use in a drive system having a flexible drive element is disclosed. The tensioning device includes a tensioningassembly along with a damping member and/or a stabilizing member. The tensioning assembly has first and second tensioning members each having a, contact surface that contacts the drive element and a positioning component forsecuring the tensioning members a selected distance away from one another in order to apply a suitable tensioning force to the drive element. The damping member is connected to the tensioning assembly and is suitable …
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- Granted March 23, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 23, 2010.
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