Sprocket With Offset Mud Relief

摘要

A sprocket having one or more mud relief portions offset from the midpoint between adjacent teeth. The sprocket has a plurality of teeth, and saddle sections disposed on the periphery of the sprocket between each of the plurality of teeth. The saddle has a seat disposed at a midpoint between the adjacent teeth, and one or more mud relief portions disposed on each side of the seat. The mud relief portions are recessed within the sprocket. The mud relief portions may be mirror images of one another, or the saddle may alternatively be asymmetrically formed.

主权项

1. A sprocket comprising:
a body; a plurality of teeth disposed about a periphery of the body; and a plurality of saddles disposed between two adjacent teeth; wherein the sprocket defines a plurality of sectors defined by radii extending to a pair of adjacent teeth the arc between the adjacent teeth and wherein each of the plurality of sectors is bisected by a tooth axis; wherein each of the plurality of saddles is asymmetrically formed relative to the tooth axis.