Patent ID: 9593742
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: F16G

Claim:
1. A silent chain, comprising: guide rows formed of pairs of left and right guide plates, each having a pair of front and back pin holes, and middle plates arranged between said pairs of left and right guide plates and each having a pair of front and back pin holes; and non-guide rows formed of a plurality of inner plates, each having a pair of front and back pin holes, the guide rows and the non-guide rows being alternately coupled together in a longitudinal direction of the chain by means of connecting pins, said guide plates each including a main guide part formed on a side that engages with a sprocket, and an additional guide part formed on at least one of front and rear edges in the longitudinal direction of the chain, said additional guide part protruding more in the longitudinal direction of the chain than the outer flank of the middle plate arranged in a same guide row and having a size that allows the additional guide part to overlap a sprocket tooth in a chain width direction when engaged with a sprocket, at least one area of an outer edge of the additional guide part is formed in a curved shape such that the additional guide part do not interfere with the front or back additional guide part even when the silent chain is passed over the sprocket and bent maximally, and a part having an outer edge extending straightly and obliquely relative to a pitch line of the silent chain is provided between the main guide part and the additional guide part.