Patent ID: 7204774
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: D06F,F16H

Abstract:
1. In one-piece combination, a drive pulley and belt guide for a belt-driven machine, the combination comprising: a one-piece body having a belt-driving section and a belt-guiding section; said belt-driving section including a hub configured for engagement by a belt, first and second end walls on the hub, and an internal passage extending through the hub, the second end wall having a conical inner face; and said belt-guiding section extending from the conical inner face of the second end wall and including an external surface that flares conically outward to an end of the body, the belt-guiding section also having an internal surface which extends from said internal passage to said end of the body, the internal surface being substantially free of reinforcing members and defining a hollow, cup-shaped interior free of structure within the interior.