Patent ID: 7758461

Claim:
Tooth plate for an inverted tooth chain comprising two hinge plate openings spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the tooth plate, the two hinge plate openings each having a center, the tooth plate further comprising a center line disposed in the longitudinal direction along a line connecting the centers of the two hinge plate openings, the tooth plate further comprising a tooth plate contour comprising two teeth arranged on one side in the longitudinal direction, which are each limited by an outer flank and an inner flank, a back arranged on the other side in the longitudinal direction, and two unshaved bent front side areas connecting the teeth with the back, wherein the tooth plate contour has at least one shaved section, the shaved section is shaved and comprises ends and at least one shaved overcut at one of the ends of the shaved section, the shaved overcut is set back with respect to adjacent areas of the tooth plate contour, wherein the at least one shaved section extends along the back and at least one shaved overcut is arranged in the bent front side area of the tooth plate contour adjacent the back, and wherein the bent front side area of the tooth plate contour adjacent to the back has a projecting area that projects between a back intersection between the back and a mid-perpendicular through the hinge opening and a side intersection of the bent front side area with the center line in the longitudinal direction of the tooth plate with respect to a contour that continuously extends in a curved manner around the center of the hinge opening wherein the shaved overcut is arranged in the projecting area of the tooth plate contour.