Patent ID: 6062998
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A shoe for guiding a running transmission chain formed by a plurality of more than two parallel link plates pivotally interconnected in face-to-face relation, said plates having faces with tops and bottoms forming the top and bottom of the chain respectfully, two of said more than two link plates being outer plates, said shoe comprising:an incoming end at which the transmission chain is adapted to come into engagement with said shoe, an outgoing end opposite to said incoming end and at which the transmission chain is adapted to pass out of engagement with said shoe, and an intermediate section extending between said incoming end and said outgoing end;said incoming end and said outgoing end of said shoe each having a flat pressing-contact surface for slidably engaging and guiding the bottoms of all of said plurality of more than two parallel link plates of the transmission chain; andsaid intermediate section between said incoming end and said outgoing end being partly recessed throughout the length thereof to form a convex pressing-contact surface for slidably engaging and guiding the bottom of at least one, but less than all of said plurality of more than two parallel link plates of the transmission chain, said flat pressing-contact surface and said convex pressing-contact surface merging as a continuous surface.