摘要:
An autotensioner for adjusting the tension of a timing belt used with an automotive engine. It includes a cylinder case filled with a hydraulic oil, a piston partitioning the interior of the cylinder case into a pressure chamber and a reservoir chamber and a push rod having its bottom end coupled to the piston and the top end adapted to protrude from the cylinder case. A spring is provided to bias the piston and the push rod upwardly. The pressure chamber communicates with the reservoir chamber through a channel formed through the piston. A plate-shaped check valve is provided in the pressure chamber to open and close the bottom of the channel. The plate-shaped valve can respond quickly to the fluctuation of pressure in the pressure chamber because of its reduced mass. Thus, when the piston and the push rod rise biased by the spring, the valve can move quickly to such a position as to open the channel, thus allowing the hydraulic oil in the reservoir chamber to flow quickly and smoothly back into the pressure chamber. This will prevent cavitation in the pressure chamber. The responsiveness of the valve will be improved further by providing another spring for biassing the valve in such a direction as to open the channel.
摘要:
A hydraulic autotensioner has a cylinder having a closed bottom end, a sleeve mounted in the cylinder and a plunger slidably mounted in the sleeve. The interior of the cylinder is divided into a reservoir chamber and a pressure chamber by the plunger which is formed with a passage through which the reservoir chamber and the pressure chamber communicate with each other. A check valve is provided in the passage to close the passage if the pressure of hydraulic oil in the pressure chamber increases above the pressure of hydraulic oil in the reservoir chamber. A return spring is mounted in the cylinder to bias a rod which is axially movable together with the plunger in such a direction as to protrude from an upper opening of the cylinder. The return spring is mounted in a space formed between the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder.
摘要:
A belt autotensioner for giving a desired tension to a belt. It includes a tension pulley pressed against the belt, an eccentric shaft extending through the tension pulley to rotatably support it and formed with a hole arranged eccentrically from the axis of the tension pulley, an actuator having a cylinder and a push rod silidably mounted in the cylinder and having its one end protruding from the cylinder and butting a projection fixed to the eccentric shaft, a bolt extending through the hole in the eccentric shaft and the cylinder of the actuator to pivotally support the eccentric shaft and a spring for biasing the eccentric shaft to pivot it in such a direction as to increase the tension of the belt. The spring may be a torsion coil spring mounted around the eccentric shaft with its one end fixed to the outer periphery of the eccentric shaft and the other end fixed to the cylinder of the actuator.
摘要:
A hydraulic autotensioner has a cylinder having a closed bottom end, a sleeve mounted in the cylinder and a plunger slidably mounted in the sleeve. The interior of the cylinder is divided into a reservoir chamber and a pressure chamber by the plunger which is formed with a passage through which the reservoir chamber and the pressure chamber communicate with each other. A check valve is provided in the passage to close the passage if the pressure of hydraulic oil in the pressure chamber increases above the pressure of hydraulic oil in the reservoir chamber. A return spring is mounted in the cylinder to bias a rod which is axially movable together with the plunger in such a direction as to protrude from an upper opening of the cylinder. The return spring is mounted in a space formed between the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve and the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder.
摘要:
An autotensioner for controlling the tension of a belt. It is filled with a hydraulic oil containing poly-.alpha.-olefin as a basic ingredient. Since such an oil has excellent viscosity-temperature properties as well as good lubricating properties, a body and a piston slidably mounted in the body are abraded less at their sliding surface than with a prior art autotensioner and thus the size of an oil leakage gap formed therebetween is less subject to change. This will prevent cavitation in a pressure chamber formed in the body.
摘要:
An autotensioner includes a cylinder having its bottom closed and filled with a hydraulic oil and air, an oil seal mounted in the cylinder to seal the hydraulic oil and air, a rod slidably extending through the oil seal, and a piston slidably mounted in the cylinder with its top end abutting the bottom of the rod. The interior of the cylinder is separated into an upper reservoir chamber and a lower pressure chamber by the piston. Both chambers communicate with each other through a channel formed in the piston. The rod is biased by a spring mounted in the reservoir chamber in such a direction as to protrude from the cylinder. A check valve is provided in the pressure chamber near the bottom of the piston to open the channel in the piston only when the pressure in the pressure chamber is lower than the pressure in the reservoir chamber. The cylinder may have an outer casing and an inner sleeve so that the piston can slide on the inner surface of the sleeve.
摘要:
An object of the present invention, in an idler pulley having a pulley main body formed of steel sheet, is to prevent the pulley main body and the outer ring of a bearing from creeping and the pulley main body from slipping off. An idler pulley according to the invention comprises a pulley main body adapted to have a belt entrained therearound, a ball bearing fitted in the pulley main body, and a shaft member fitted in the inner ring of the ball bearing, wherein a layer of a soft metal whose Young's modulus is lower than those of the pulley main body and the outer ring of the bearing is interposed between the inner surface of the pulley main body of steel sheet and the outer surface of the outer ring of the bearing. When a belt is entrained, this soft metal layer elastically deforms to thereby function to fill a clearance which develops between the pulley main body and the outer ring of the bearing, thereby minimizing the decrease of the joining force between the pulley main body and the outer ring of the bearing, thus preventing drawbacks, such as creep, from occurring.
摘要:
A belt tension adjusting device having a pulley arm having a bore formed with threads, a fixed member and a support shaft extending upwardly from the fixed member into the bore in the pulley arm. A bolt made of a synthetic resin is axially movably mounted on the support shaft and held in thread engagement with the threads formed on the bore. An elastic member is mounted in the bore between the bolt and the support shaft or a member integrally mounted on the support shaft for biasing the bolt in an axial direction. A coil spring is mounted on the pulley arm and having one end thereof in engagement with the pulley arm and the other end with the fixed member.
摘要:
A belt tension adjusting device having a fixed member, a support shaft extending vertically from the fixed member and a pulley arm having a boss formed with a boss. The support shaft is received in the bore to rotatably support the pulley arm. A damper mechanism is mounted between the support shaft and the boss for damping a pivoting motion of the pulley arm. A pulley is mounted on the pulley arm. A tension adjusting spring is coupled to the pulley arm for biasing the pulley to impart tension to a belt. A bearing is provided for receiving radial loads produced when the pulley arm pivots. Part of the bearing is located in part outside the boss.
摘要:
A chain tensioner keeps constant the tension of a chain for transmitting the rotation of an engine crankshaft to e.g. camshafts. It includes a housing having a cylinder chamber. A rod member has its rear end inserted in the cylinder chamber for pressing a chain. A tension adjusting spring biases the rod member outwardly of the housing. The chain tensioner further includes a hydraulic damper for damping a dynamic load applied to the rod member from the chain, and a thread engagement mechanism for preventing the rod member from retracting under a static load applied to the rod member.