Patent ID: 7074145

Claim:
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 portion of a flexible power transmission medium in contact with the shoe and extending along the direction of elongation of the shoe, and an elongated plate-receiving portion, also composed of synthetic resin, integrally molded as a unit 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, a reinforcing plate, for reinforcing the guide, the plate fitting in said slot and having opposite surfaces respectively in opposed relationship to said opposed walls of the slot, and a through hole in register with said body mounting hole, wherein at least one of said opposite surfaces of the reinforcing plate is composed of plural regions which contact one of said opposed walls of the slot, said regions being separated from one another by recesses, each said recess having a bottom wall, facing, but spaced from, said one of said opposed walls of the slot.