SYNCHRONOUS BELT DRIVE TENSIONING ASSEMBLY

摘要

A tensioning assembly is provided for a synchronous belt drive on a mower deck. A plurality of idlers are mounted for rotation on a bracket. One end of the bracket engages an abutment surface mounted on the deck which restricts its movement, whereas a second end of the bracket is acted upon by a tensioning member which acts in substantially the same direction as the abutment surface. The bracket includes an elongated slot disposed between one of the idlers and the abutment surface, and a member fixed to th e deck is engageable with the slot for confining movement of the bracket.