Claims
- 1. A torque transmission system for operatively connecting laterally spaced driving and driven shaft means, said system comprising:
- a pulley having a circumferentially extending radially tapered groove mounted on each shaft, said pulleys being aligned;
- an endless flexible V-belt means having side walls which taper for cooperatively interacting with said tapered grooves in said pulleys;
- a flexible insert band having side walls which taper for cooperative engagement with the groove in either of said pulleys;
- said insert band having a leading end, a trailing end and presenting a tapered groove which opens radially outwardly when said insert band is received on either pulley;
- the tapered groove in said insert band which extends along that portion of said insert band which cooperatively engages the tapered groove on either said pulley being engaged by said tapered side walls of said flexible, endless V-belt; and
- selectively operable ejector means to derail said insert band from either of said pulleys for translation to the other of said pulleys.
- 2. A torque transmission system, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
- track means to direct said traveling insert band toward either of said pulleys when said traveling insert band has been derailed from other of said pulleys.
- 3. A torque transmission system, as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:
- an ingress span and a separate egress span located between said track means and said endless flexible V-belt means;
- gate means operatively associated with said egress means and presenting said ejector means.
- 4. A torque transmission system, as set forth in claim 3, further comprising:
- a reaction pin projecting laterally from said insert band in proximity to the leading end thereof;
- said reaction pin cooperatively interacting with said ejector means selectively to derail the leading end of said insert band.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/786148 filed on Oct. 31, 1991.
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Divisions (1)
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