TENSIONER DEVICE

摘要

A tensioner device 14 for an engine 1 comprises a support member 16 , a blade shoe 17 coming into sliding contact with a timing chain 11 having a base end section 17a held by a cylinder block 3 and a tip end section 17b supported by the support member 16 , and a leaf spring 18 held by the blade shoe 1 for pressing the blade shoe 17 against the timing chain 11 elastically. The support member 16 is formed integrally with the cylinder block 3. The tip end section 17b comes into sliding contact with a guide surface 16a formed on the support member 16 to be supported.