Patent ID: 6080072
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A belt handling system compromising:a belt storage subassembly;a testing pulley subassembly comprising first and second spaced rotatable pulleys around which a belt to be tested can be trained; anda belt transfer subassembly through which a belt at the belt storage subassembly can be transferred into an operative position trained around the first and second pulleys,wherein the testing pulley subassembly comprises a belt removal unit which is repositionable between first and second positions,wherein a belt trained around the first and second pulleys is movable from an engaged state wherein a belt trained around the first and second pulleys follows rotational movement of the first pulley and a disengaged state wherein the first pulley can be rotated without causing a belt trained around the first and second pulleys to follow rotational movement of the first pulley as an incident of the belt removal unit repositioning from the first position into the second position,said belt removal unit residing between the first and second pulleys with the belt removal unit in the first position.