Patent ID: 7988578

Claim:
A belt tensioner assembly, comprising: a drive belt having a first end and a second end; a retainer for said first end of said belt, wherein said retainer is a half pulley and a plate engaged with said half pulley; a tensioner body, wherein said retainer holds said first end of said belt against said tensioner body; a rotatable pulley coupled with said tensioner body, wherein said rotatable pulley engages a second end of said belt; an adjustment member coupled to a second pulley, wherein said adjustment member includes an array of openings, and wherein said adjustment member rotates said rotatable pulley to place tension on the belt; a bracket coupled to said tensioner body, wherein said bracket includes an array of openings aligned with the array of openings of said adjustment member; and an engagement member inserted through aligned openings of the array of the adjustment member and the array of the bracket, wherein said engagement member holds the tension of the rotatable pulley on the belt.