Patent ID: 8888628

Claim:
A guide for an endless, flexible, traveling transmission medium, the guide comprising: an elongated synthetic resin shoe having a front surface for sliding contact with the transmission medium, a back surface opposite from said front surface, and a plurality of engaging members disposed in longitudinally spaced relationship to one another, said shoe having a chain entry end and a chain exit end; and an elongated synthetic resin base in contact with the back surface of the shoe and supporting the shoe, said base having a plurality of longitudinally spaced engaged portions, each of the engaged portions being engaged by one of the engaging members; wherein one of said engaging members is immovable relative to the engaged portion with which it is engaged, and the others of said engaging members are longitudinally movable relative to the engaged portions with which they are engaged; whereby the guide allows longitudinal thermal expansion and contraction of the shoe relative to the base.