Patent ID: 9746056
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F16G,F16H

Claim:
1. A continuously variable transmission including a continuously variable transmission belt provided with a plurality of metal elements supported in a stacking configuration by an endless metal ring, the continuously variable transmission belt being wound around a drive sheave and a driven sheave, wherein at least one of the metal elements has a flange portion or a recessed portion in an outer circumferential portion located at an outer circumferential side relative to the endless ring and an inner circumferential portion located at an inner circumferential side relative to the endless ring, the continuously variable transmission includes a fluid supply device for spraying a fluid onto the flange portion or the recessed portion in a traveling direction of the continuously variable transmission belt in the course of the continuously variable transmission belt traveling from the driven sheave to the drive sheave, the fluid supply device includes a first ejection port to be aimed at the flange portion or the recessed portion formed in the outer circumferential portion and a second ejection port to be aimed at the flange portion or the recessed portion formed in the inner circumferential portion, and an ejection force of the fluid to be sprayed through the first ejection port is set larger than an ejection force of the fluid to be sprayed through the second ejection port.