ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,893, issued on June 24.
"System for supporting and tensioning chains, belts and the like" was invented by Mauro Tiecher (Chapeco, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system (S) for supporting and tensioning chains or other transmission and/or conveyance elements installed on a machine (M). The system (S) includes a guide device (D) for the gripper and conveyor chain (M1), in which the movement of the guide device (D) corresponds to the movement of the bearings (M2). The guide device (D) includes an element (D1) for supporting and protecting a longitudinal contact element (D2), in which the support...