Patent ID: 6471041
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B65G

Abstract:
An attachment member for attaching in a snap-fit manner to a tab defined on a roller chain link plate, said attachment member comprising:a body member having a configuration for carrying out a desired roller chain operation upon attachment of said body member to a roller chain, said body member including a bottom end; a cavity defined in said bottom end of said body member, said cavity having dimensions so that said body member is slidable with a snug fit onto a tab on a roller chain link plate; and wherein said cavity is defined by a back wall, sides, and a front wall, and further comprising a protuberance extending from said back wall into said cavity towards said front wall, said protuberance having a length and disposed so as to be engageable into a hole defined in the tab on the roller chain link plate upon said body member being slid onto the tab to securely attach said body member thereto.