REVERSIBLE BELT CONVEYOR DRIVE CABLE TENSION MECHANISM Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering; belt conveyor drives.

SUBSTANCE: sheaves with holes square to axis of shaft of motor-drum are mounted on output ends of motor-drum of reversible belt conveyor. Cable ends pass though said holes to form reliable attachment in form of loop. Cable is reeved guides made in form of rectangular bars manufactured of channel. Cable is moved by means of clamp rigidly installed on cable and provided with nut moving along screw, thus changing position of motor-drum.

EFFECT: simplified design, improved accuracy of adjustment of cable setting.

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