摘要 |
In a silent chain, wear of the connecting pins and bushings, and wear elongation of the chain itself, are suppressed by the formation of through holes in the approximate centers of the teeth of toothed link elements for relieving strains in the inner peripheries of the bushings due to press-fitting of the bushings into the toothed link elements. The shortest distances between the bushing hole on the one hand, and the through-hole, the outside tooth surface and the inside tooth surface, on the other hand, are made substantially equal to one another. The through holes also reduce the weights of the individual link elements and contribute to a reduction in overall weight of the chain.
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