CA1259205A - Belt tightening assembly - Google Patents
Belt tightening assemblyInfo
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- CA1259205A CA1259205A CA000504666A CA504666A CA1259205A CA 1259205 A CA1259205 A CA 1259205A CA 000504666 A CA000504666 A CA 000504666A CA 504666 A CA504666 A CA 504666A CA 1259205 A CA1259205 A CA 1259205A
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- belt
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- 239000008186 active pharmaceutical agent Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000005086 pumping Methods 0.000 description 2
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Classifications
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H7/00—Gearings for conveying rotary motion by endless flexible members
- F16H7/08—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains
- F16H7/10—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains by adjusting the axis of a pulley
- F16H7/12—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains by adjusting the axis of a pulley of an idle pulley
- F16H7/1254—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains by adjusting the axis of a pulley of an idle pulley without vibration damping means
- F16H7/1281—Means for varying tension of belts, ropes or chains by adjusting the axis of a pulley of an idle pulley without vibration damping means where the axis of the pulley moves along a substantially circular path
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Abstract
"BELT TIGHTENING ASSEMBLY"
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The tightener is designed for use with belts driving oil well pumps but of course may be used in other environments. It consists of a belt idler pulley jour-nalled for rotation upon the distal end of a mounting arm which in turn is secured for selective rotation by the other end thereof to a mounting bracket. A spring loaded actuating arm rotates the mounting arm through an arc from a belt tensioned position to a belt untensioned position and vice versa and the actuating arm may be selectively held in the belt tensioned position. An adjustment is provided between the actuating arm and the mounting arm to preset the angle therebetween and thus the relationship of the pulley with the belt. The inner end of the mounting arm and upper end of the actuating arm are mounted on a center line between the upper and lower runs of the belt so that the device can be adjusted to engage the outer surface of either of the belt runs depending upon drive direction.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The tightener is designed for use with belts driving oil well pumps but of course may be used in other environments. It consists of a belt idler pulley jour-nalled for rotation upon the distal end of a mounting arm which in turn is secured for selective rotation by the other end thereof to a mounting bracket. A spring loaded actuating arm rotates the mounting arm through an arc from a belt tensioned position to a belt untensioned position and vice versa and the actuating arm may be selectively held in the belt tensioned position. An adjustment is provided between the actuating arm and the mounting arm to preset the angle therebetween and thus the relationship of the pulley with the belt. The inner end of the mounting arm and upper end of the actuating arm are mounted on a center line between the upper and lower runs of the belt so that the device can be adjusted to engage the outer surface of either of the belt runs depending upon drive direction.
Description
~zs~s "BELT TIGHTENING ASSEMBLY"
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a belt drive device wherein the belt is tightened or loosened by means of a belt tightening assembly and although it is designed specifically for use with oil pumps well, nevertheless it will be appreciated that such a drive device may well be used in other environments.
Conventionally, a standard belt tightener is used but this suffers from several disadvantages when used in oil well pumping environment including lack of and difficulty in adjustment and difficulty in mounting in convenient locations.
SU~IARY OF THE INVENTION
The present device provides a relatively simple drive assembly which is fully adjustable and can be positioned on either one of the belt runs in order to accommodate reversing of the drive direction. It can maintain a predetermined tension and can accommodate wet weather or belt stretch. In addition it can act as a quick release mechanis~ for releasing the tension.
In accordance with the invention there is ~25~2~i provided a belt drive device for belts extending around a drive pulley and a driven pulley with said belt having two runs therebetween, one of which is a drive run ana the other a return run, said device comprising a selectively operable belt tiqhtening and release assembly including in combination support means, a belt run engag-ing pulley, a pulley mounting arm, said pulley being journalled for rotation upon one end of said pulley mounting arm, the other end of said pulley mounting arm being mounted on said support means for at least selec-tive partial rotation between a belt tensioned position and a belt untensioned position and vice versa, and actuating means operatively secured to said pulley mount-ing arm adjacent said other end thereof for said selec-tive partial rotation of said pulley mounting arm.
Another advantage is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which includes a resilient mounting arm selectively engageable in the belt drive position and in which the tension of the belt engaging pulley is predetermined by presetting the angular rela-tionship between the arm carrying the belt pulley and the actuating arm.
Another advantage of the invention is to pro-vide a device of the character herewithin described which ~ . ...
~2S92~5 is simple in construction, economical in manufacture and otherwise well suited to the purpose for which it is designed.
With the foregoing in view, and other advan-tages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention re:Lates as this speci~ication proceeds, the invention is herein descrihed by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, which includes a description of the best mode known to the applicants and of the preferred typical embodiment of the principles of the present invention, in which:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fi~ure 1 is a fragmentary partially schematic view of the driven pulley assembly of an oil well pumping unit, with the invention incorporated therewith.
Figure lA is a fragmentary plan view of the spring arm retainer.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the invention per se.
Figure 3 is a top plan view of the invention per se.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the support arm of the bracket assembly.
Figure 5 is an end view of the support compon~
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ent to which the arm of Figure 4 is secured.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the lower mounting plate in Figure 4.
Figure 8 is a side elevation of the upper mounting plate of Figure 4.
Figure 9 is an end elevation of the support for the invention.
Figure 10 is a side elevation of Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a top plan view of Figure 9.
In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Proceeding therefore to describe the invention in detail, reference should first be made to Figure 1 in which 10 illustrates schematically, part of the drive mechanism of an oil pump assembly and including a driven shaft 11 having a driven pulley 12 secured to the shaft 11 by means of Xey 13.
Figure 1 illustrates the driver pulley 14 mounted upon shaft 15 operatively connected to the pump (not illustrated) and an endless belt 16 extends around pulleys 12 and 14 and is normally in the slack position shown in phantom when not in the drive position shown in .
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full line.
This belt includes a drive run 14B and a return run 14A.
The invention col:Lectively desi~natea 15 is mounted upon a bracket assembly collectively designa*ed 16 which in turn is supported to supporting structure 17 forming part of the drive ass~embly lO.
Figures 4 through ll show details of the bracket assembly 16A which includes a support member 18 preferably taking the form of hollow square tubing situated at an upwardly and outwardly inclined angle as clearly shown with the ends l9 and 20 beinq cut at approximately a ~5 angle to the longitudinal axis 21 of the member 18.
A transverse mounting plate 22 is welded across the lower end 20 and in turn is bolted to a channel member 21 by means of bolts 22A, said channel member being welded or otherwise secured to the side plate 17A
of the supporting structure as clearly shown in Figure l.
The plate 22 is shown in detail in Figure 7 and extends beyond the sides of the mounting member 18 to permit the attachment by means of bolts 22A when assembled.
The upper mounting plate 23 is also a rectangu-lar plate welded to the upper end l9 of the member 18 and ~Z592g~5 offstanding to one side with lugs 24 being~welded at one end, to the upper and lower edges thereof.
Figures 9 through ll show the right angled cradle support 25 bolted by the vertical flange 26 there-of to the upper plate 23 by means of bolts 27 engaging apertures 28 in the plate 23 and stud ~9 engaging aper-ture 30 in plate 23. The positioning of these bolts and stud are clearly shown in Figures 8 through ll.
A further lug 31 extends upwardly from one end of the outer edge of the lower flange 32 and bolt aper-tures 33 are formed through this lower flange as shown in Figure ll.
A cradle 34 including base plate 35 is bolted to the lower flange 32 by means of a bolt ~not illus-trated) engaging through the apertures 33 in the lower flange and a bearing and support tube 36 is secured as by welding within the cradle 34 and extends upon either side thereof.
A shaft 37 is bearingly supported within the tube 36 and a pulley mounting arm 38 is secured by one end thereof to one end 37A of this shaft as shown in Figure 3.
A stub shaft 39 is secured within the other end of arm 38 and extends at right angles therefrom and a belt engaging pulley 40 is journalled for rotation upon this stub shaft.
An actuating arm 41 made of spring steel, extends from a small gearbox 42 downwardly with reference to Figure 1 and forms, with the pulley mounting arm 38, a crank arm assembly, it being understood that the actuat-ing arm 41 is operatively connected to the opposite end 37B of the shaft 37.
The gearbox 42 includes a pinion wheel 33 secured to the end 37B of shaft 37 and a worm gear 34 engageable with the pinion and selectively rotatable within the gearbox through one extending end 45 which may be slotted for a screwdriver engagement or hex-ended for a wrench engagement.
It will be understood that rotation of this worm gear presets the angular relationship between arms 41 and 38.
The lower end 46 of the resilient rod 41 is moveable in the direction of double-headed arrow 47 thus rotating shaft 37 together with the pulley mounting arm 38 and the belt engaging pulley 40, ~rom an untensioned position whereby the run of 14A of the belt is as shown in phantom, to a tensioned position shown in solid line and vice versa.
It is desirable to provide means whereby the lower end 46 of the arm 41 is selectively maintained in the tensioned position and in this connection a right angled bracket 49 extends from the side 17 of the driven assembly. The lower flange 50, shown in phantom in Figure lA, is provided with an elongated slot 52 parallel with the edge 53 and an entrance aperture 54 so that the rod portion 46 may be passed through the entry and engaged within the slot 52 thus maintaining the pulley 40 in the drive position against the outer surface of the run 14A of the belt. ~he length of rod 41 together with the resiliency thereof, applies the neces~sary contact pressure between pulley 40 and the other surface of run 14A with the degree of pressure being controlled by the preset relationship between arms 41 and 38 via the gear-box 42. This provides and maintains a predetermined tension on the belt despite wet weather or belt stretch.
It also provides a quick release mechanism.
An important feature to be noted is that the pivot axis of shaft 37 lies on or near the centre line 55 extending between the pivot axes of the pulley shafts 11 and 15 so that by adjusting the relationship of arms 41 and 38 by the gearbox 42, the belt engaging pulley may engage the outer surface of the run 14A or the outer ~LZ592~i g surface of the run 14B, that is the return run of the belt depending upon the direction of rotation of the drive shaft 15.
When turned to apply pressure to the belt run 14B, the spring 41 is bowed in the opposite direction and engages the opposed end of the slot 52.
Since various modifications can be made in our invention as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a belt drive device wherein the belt is tightened or loosened by means of a belt tightening assembly and although it is designed specifically for use with oil pumps well, nevertheless it will be appreciated that such a drive device may well be used in other environments.
Conventionally, a standard belt tightener is used but this suffers from several disadvantages when used in oil well pumping environment including lack of and difficulty in adjustment and difficulty in mounting in convenient locations.
SU~IARY OF THE INVENTION
The present device provides a relatively simple drive assembly which is fully adjustable and can be positioned on either one of the belt runs in order to accommodate reversing of the drive direction. It can maintain a predetermined tension and can accommodate wet weather or belt stretch. In addition it can act as a quick release mechanis~ for releasing the tension.
In accordance with the invention there is ~25~2~i provided a belt drive device for belts extending around a drive pulley and a driven pulley with said belt having two runs therebetween, one of which is a drive run ana the other a return run, said device comprising a selectively operable belt tiqhtening and release assembly including in combination support means, a belt run engag-ing pulley, a pulley mounting arm, said pulley being journalled for rotation upon one end of said pulley mounting arm, the other end of said pulley mounting arm being mounted on said support means for at least selec-tive partial rotation between a belt tensioned position and a belt untensioned position and vice versa, and actuating means operatively secured to said pulley mount-ing arm adjacent said other end thereof for said selec-tive partial rotation of said pulley mounting arm.
Another advantage is to provide a device of the character herewithin described which includes a resilient mounting arm selectively engageable in the belt drive position and in which the tension of the belt engaging pulley is predetermined by presetting the angular rela-tionship between the arm carrying the belt pulley and the actuating arm.
Another advantage of the invention is to pro-vide a device of the character herewithin described which ~ . ...
~2S92~5 is simple in construction, economical in manufacture and otherwise well suited to the purpose for which it is designed.
With the foregoing in view, and other advan-tages as will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention re:Lates as this speci~ication proceeds, the invention is herein descrihed by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, which includes a description of the best mode known to the applicants and of the preferred typical embodiment of the principles of the present invention, in which:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fi~ure 1 is a fragmentary partially schematic view of the driven pulley assembly of an oil well pumping unit, with the invention incorporated therewith.
Figure lA is a fragmentary plan view of the spring arm retainer.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the invention per se.
Figure 3 is a top plan view of the invention per se.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the support arm of the bracket assembly.
Figure 5 is an end view of the support compon~
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ent to which the arm of Figure 4 is secured.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the lower mounting plate in Figure 4.
Figure 8 is a side elevation of the upper mounting plate of Figure 4.
Figure 9 is an end elevation of the support for the invention.
Figure 10 is a side elevation of Figure 9.
Figure 11 is a top plan view of Figure 9.
In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Proceeding therefore to describe the invention in detail, reference should first be made to Figure 1 in which 10 illustrates schematically, part of the drive mechanism of an oil pump assembly and including a driven shaft 11 having a driven pulley 12 secured to the shaft 11 by means of Xey 13.
Figure 1 illustrates the driver pulley 14 mounted upon shaft 15 operatively connected to the pump (not illustrated) and an endless belt 16 extends around pulleys 12 and 14 and is normally in the slack position shown in phantom when not in the drive position shown in .
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full line.
This belt includes a drive run 14B and a return run 14A.
The invention col:Lectively desi~natea 15 is mounted upon a bracket assembly collectively designa*ed 16 which in turn is supported to supporting structure 17 forming part of the drive ass~embly lO.
Figures 4 through ll show details of the bracket assembly 16A which includes a support member 18 preferably taking the form of hollow square tubing situated at an upwardly and outwardly inclined angle as clearly shown with the ends l9 and 20 beinq cut at approximately a ~5 angle to the longitudinal axis 21 of the member 18.
A transverse mounting plate 22 is welded across the lower end 20 and in turn is bolted to a channel member 21 by means of bolts 22A, said channel member being welded or otherwise secured to the side plate 17A
of the supporting structure as clearly shown in Figure l.
The plate 22 is shown in detail in Figure 7 and extends beyond the sides of the mounting member 18 to permit the attachment by means of bolts 22A when assembled.
The upper mounting plate 23 is also a rectangu-lar plate welded to the upper end l9 of the member 18 and ~Z592g~5 offstanding to one side with lugs 24 being~welded at one end, to the upper and lower edges thereof.
Figures 9 through ll show the right angled cradle support 25 bolted by the vertical flange 26 there-of to the upper plate 23 by means of bolts 27 engaging apertures 28 in the plate 23 and stud ~9 engaging aper-ture 30 in plate 23. The positioning of these bolts and stud are clearly shown in Figures 8 through ll.
A further lug 31 extends upwardly from one end of the outer edge of the lower flange 32 and bolt aper-tures 33 are formed through this lower flange as shown in Figure ll.
A cradle 34 including base plate 35 is bolted to the lower flange 32 by means of a bolt ~not illus-trated) engaging through the apertures 33 in the lower flange and a bearing and support tube 36 is secured as by welding within the cradle 34 and extends upon either side thereof.
A shaft 37 is bearingly supported within the tube 36 and a pulley mounting arm 38 is secured by one end thereof to one end 37A of this shaft as shown in Figure 3.
A stub shaft 39 is secured within the other end of arm 38 and extends at right angles therefrom and a belt engaging pulley 40 is journalled for rotation upon this stub shaft.
An actuating arm 41 made of spring steel, extends from a small gearbox 42 downwardly with reference to Figure 1 and forms, with the pulley mounting arm 38, a crank arm assembly, it being understood that the actuat-ing arm 41 is operatively connected to the opposite end 37B of the shaft 37.
The gearbox 42 includes a pinion wheel 33 secured to the end 37B of shaft 37 and a worm gear 34 engageable with the pinion and selectively rotatable within the gearbox through one extending end 45 which may be slotted for a screwdriver engagement or hex-ended for a wrench engagement.
It will be understood that rotation of this worm gear presets the angular relationship between arms 41 and 38.
The lower end 46 of the resilient rod 41 is moveable in the direction of double-headed arrow 47 thus rotating shaft 37 together with the pulley mounting arm 38 and the belt engaging pulley 40, ~rom an untensioned position whereby the run of 14A of the belt is as shown in phantom, to a tensioned position shown in solid line and vice versa.
It is desirable to provide means whereby the lower end 46 of the arm 41 is selectively maintained in the tensioned position and in this connection a right angled bracket 49 extends from the side 17 of the driven assembly. The lower flange 50, shown in phantom in Figure lA, is provided with an elongated slot 52 parallel with the edge 53 and an entrance aperture 54 so that the rod portion 46 may be passed through the entry and engaged within the slot 52 thus maintaining the pulley 40 in the drive position against the outer surface of the run 14A of the belt. ~he length of rod 41 together with the resiliency thereof, applies the neces~sary contact pressure between pulley 40 and the other surface of run 14A with the degree of pressure being controlled by the preset relationship between arms 41 and 38 via the gear-box 42. This provides and maintains a predetermined tension on the belt despite wet weather or belt stretch.
It also provides a quick release mechanism.
An important feature to be noted is that the pivot axis of shaft 37 lies on or near the centre line 55 extending between the pivot axes of the pulley shafts 11 and 15 so that by adjusting the relationship of arms 41 and 38 by the gearbox 42, the belt engaging pulley may engage the outer surface of the run 14A or the outer ~LZ592~i g surface of the run 14B, that is the return run of the belt depending upon the direction of rotation of the drive shaft 15.
When turned to apply pressure to the belt run 14B, the spring 41 is bowed in the opposite direction and engages the opposed end of the slot 52.
Since various modifications can be made in our invention as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.
Claims (2)
1. A belt drive device for belts extending around a drive pulley and a driven pulley with said belt having two runs therebetween, one of which is a drive run and the other a return run, said device comprising a selectively operable belt tightening and release assembly including in combination a belt tightener and belt release support means, a shaft journalled on said support means having first and second ends, a belt run engaging pulley, a pulley mounting arm, said belt run engaging pulley being journalled for rotation upon one end of said pulley mounting arm, the other end of said pulley mounting arm being mounted on said first end of the shaft journalled on said support means, manual actuating means operatively secured to the second end of the shaft journalled on said support means for quick release of said pulley from said belt, and means to preset the angular relationship between said actuating means and said pulley mounting arm comprising a worm and pinion gear assembly operatively connected to said actuating means and said pulley mounting arm and further means to rotate said worm gear selectively thereby rotating one of said actuating means and said pulley mounting arm relative to the other.
2 The belt drive device according to claim 1 in which the pivot axis of said shaft lies adjacent the center line extending between the rotation axis of said drive pulley and the rotation axis of said driven pulley whereby said belt run engaging pulley may selectively engage said belt during either its drive run or its return run.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA000504666A CA1259205A (en) | 1986-03-20 | 1986-03-20 | Belt tightening assembly |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA000504666A CA1259205A (en) | 1986-03-20 | 1986-03-20 | Belt tightening assembly |
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| CA1259205A true CA1259205A (en) | 1989-09-12 |
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| CA000504666A Expired CA1259205A (en) | 1986-03-20 | 1986-03-20 | Belt tightening assembly |
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- 1986-03-20 CA CA000504666A patent/CA1259205A/en not_active Expired
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