AUTO-TENSIONER

• Main Authors: YONEDA Tetsuo, IMAI, Katsuya
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.09.2017
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GEARING; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

The present invention relates to an auto-tensioner including: a stationary member having a first cylindrical portion; a rotatable member having a second cylindrical portion of which at least a part is disposed to overlap the first cylindrical portion in a radial direction; and a drainage mechanism provided at a boundary part of the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion, in which the drainage mechanism includes a water inlet configured by a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion and an outer peripheral surface of the second cylindrical portion and being open along a peripheral direction, a water passage which is configured by a gap between a water collecting groove formed along the peripheral direction in the outer peripheral surface of one of the two cylindrical portions and the other cylindrical portion, and communicates with the water inlet, and at least one drainage port formed in a peripheral wall on an outside in the radial direction of the water passage.