Patent ID: 6796917
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A sliding contact guide for a transmission device comprising an elongated shoe composed of synthetic resin, the shoe having front and back sides and a surface extending longitudinally on said front side for sliding contact with a flexible power transmission medium, and an elongated plate-receiving portion, also composed of synthetic resin, integrally molded with said shoe on said back side, the plate receiving portion extending longitudinally along the back side of the shoe and having a longitudinally extending slot, the slot having opposed walls disposed in perpendicular relation to said surface, a body mounting hole extending through the plate-receiving portion adjacent one end of the guide and intersecting said slot, an elongated reinforcing plate, for reinforcing the guide, the plate having opposite ends spaced from each other along the direction of elongation of the plate, said plate fitting in said slot and having opposite faces engaged respectively with said opposed walls of the slot, a through hole in register with said body mounting hole, locking holes extending through the plate adjacent said opposite ends thereof, each of said locking holes receiving a locking pawl extending from said plate receiving portion, whereby said reinforcing plate is held in said slot of the plate-receiving portion, punched windows extending through said plate in the direction of its thickness, the windows being distributed along the length of the plate, and at least one locking member extending from said plate-receiving portion and received in locking relationship by one of said windows.