Belt installation tool
View Patent ↗A belt installation tool having a body and an angular member projecting from the body for engaging a pulley belt bearing surface. A surface disposed substantially normal to the angular member comprises a chamfered lip for engaging a pulley web feature. The lip and angular member removeably attach the tool to a pulley by flexure of the angular member.
1. A belt installation tool comprising:
a body;
an angular member portion extending in a cantilever fashion from the body, the angular member having a flexure characteristic;
a member disposed on the body having a surface disposed substantially normal to the angular member;
an arcuate lip portion projecting from the surface in substantially the same direction as the angular member; and
the arcuate lip and the angular member for cooperatively engaging a pulley or damper.
2. The belt installation tool as in claim 1 , wherein the body further comprises a box-like form.
3. The belt installation tool as in claim 1 , wherein the angular member portion further comprises a first and second arcuate surface.
4. The belt installation tool as in claim 1 , wherein the arcuate lip further comprises a chamfered edge.
5. The belt installation tool as in claim 1 , wherein the member is planar.
6. A belt installation tool comprising:
a body;
an angular member portion extending in a cantilever fashion from the body, the angular member having a flexure characteristic;
an arcuate lip portion projecting from a side of the body in substantially the same direction as the angular member; and
the arcuate lip and the angular member cooperatively engaging a damper.
7. The belt installation tool as in claim 6 , wherein the body further comprises a box-like form.
8. The belt installation tool as in claim 6 , wherein the angular member portion further comprises a first and second arcuate surface.
9. The belt installation tool as in claim 6 , wherein the arcuate lip further comprises a chamfered edge.
10. The belt installation tool as in claim 6 , further comprising:
a planar member attached to the same side of the body as the arcuate lip, the planar member having a surface disposed substantially normally to the angular member.
11. A belt installation tool comprising:
a body;
an angular member portion extending in a cantilever fashion from the body, the angular member being flexible;
a planar member on the body, the planar member having a surface disposed substantially normal to the angular member;
an arcuate lip portion projecting from the surface in substantially the same direction as the angular member; and
the arcuate lip having a chamfered edge.
12. The belt installation tool as in claim 11 , wherein the angular member portion further comprises a first and second surface, each surface disposed at a radius from a damper center of rotation, the radii not being equal.