Belt Detachment Tool Curved Transferring Surface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing belt detachment tools often cause damage to power transmission belts, such as cracking or fraying, when detaching them from pulleys, making it difficult to reattach the belts without further damage.

Innovation Solution

A belt detachment tool with a detacher featuring a pulley engagement portion, a belt-climbing surface, a belt-sliding surface, and a belt-transferring surface, where the belt-transferring surface has a radius of curvature between 5-11 mm, designed to guide the belt smoothly out of the pulley, reducing contact stress and damage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a conventional belt detachment tool is used to detach the power transmission belt from the pulley, then the belt can be removed from the pulley, but the belt suffers damage such as cracking or fraying

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebelt detachment capabilityVSAvoidbelt damage (cracking or fraying)
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The belt-transferring surface is designed with a curved shape having a radius of curvature of 5-11 mm, which matches the curvature of the belt's inner circumferential surface. This curved surface guides the belt smoothly during detachment, preventing sharp edges or abrupt transitions that would cause cracking or fraying, while still enabling effective belt removal from the pulley.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #14Spheroidality (Curvature)

2Volume of moving object

If the belt-transferring surface has a small radius of curvature, then the tool size is reduced, but the belt contact stress increases causing damage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetool sizeVSAvoidbelt contact stress
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSStress or pressure

Solution Approach 1:

The patent specifies an optimal range for the radius of curvature of the belt-transferring surface (5-11 mm). This parameter is carefully selected to balance two competing requirements: a smaller radius would reduce tool size but increase contact stress causing belt damage, while a larger radius would reduce contact stress but increase tool size. The specified range achieves the optimal compromise, maintaining acceptable tool dimensions while preventing belt damage through reduced contact stress.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If the belt-climbing surface has a steep upward slope, then the belt is guided more effectively up from the pulley, but the contact force on the belt increases causing damage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebelt guidance effectivenessVSAvoidcontact force on belt
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSForce

Solution Approach 1:

The belt-climbing surface is designed with a controlled upward slope angle that balances guidance effectiveness with force reduction. A steeper slope would provide better guidance to lift the belt away from the pulley, but would increase the contact force and risk of belt damage. The patent optimizes this slope parameter to achieve sufficient belt guidance while maintaining contact forces below the threshold that causes cracking or fraying.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS8753238B2Belt detachment tool
Publication Date: 2014.06.17 BANDO CHEM IND LTD
  • US8753238B2 patent drawing
  • US8753238B2 patent drawing
  • US8753238B2 patent drawing

AI summary

A belt detachment tool 10 includes a detacher 11 and a pulley engagement portion 12. The detacher 11 includes a belt-climbing surface 11a′, a belt-sliding surface 11b′, and a belt-transferring surface 11c′ disposed therebetween. At least a belt contact portion of the belt-transferring surface 11c′ has a radius of curvature of 5-11 mm in plan view.