A test system for repeatedly operating the opening/closing of a blind is disclosed. The test system for repeatedly operating the opening/closing of a blind, of the present invention, comprises: an operating device for operating a cord so as to repeatedly adjust the height of a blind; and a control device for controlling the operation of the operating device, wherein the height of the blind is repeatedly adjusted when the movement distance of the cord and a repeated adjustment cycle for the height of the blind are inputted in the control device. According to the present invention, provided is the test system for repeatedly operating the opening/closing of the blind, the system repeatedly simulating the opening/closing motions of the blind so as to evaluate the durability of a clutch and the cord.

A power transmission belt includes: a belt body and a cover fabric made of a fabric containing synthetic fibers as a main component and covering a surface of the belt body toward a pulley contact surface. The cover fabric has a surface toward the belt body, and the surface is in contact with a rubber composition containing cellulose-based short fibers. The rubber composition includes a rubber component in which the cellulose-based short fibers are dispersed. The cover fabric and the rubber composition containing the cellulose-based short fibers are exposed on a pulley contact surface.

A power transmission belt includes: a belt body and a cover fabric made of a fabric containing synthetic fibers as a main component and covering a surface of the belt body toward a pulley contact surface. The cover fabric has a surface toward the belt body, and the surface is in contact with a rubber composition containing cellulose-based short fibers. The rubber composition includes a rubber component in which the cellulose-based short fibers are dispersed. The cover fabric and the rubber composition containing the cellulose-based short fibers are exposed on a pulley contact surface.

The invention relates to a belt (1) having a rear surface (2), having a data transmission device (3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), wherein the data transmission device (3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) has at least one sensor (6) having an energy supply and at least one external reader (9). The invention is based on the object of designing the data transmission device mentioned at the outset such that data from a moving belt (1) are able to be reliably transmitted to a stationary receiver (9). This object is achieved in that spaced signal surfaces (3) are arranged on the rear surface (2) of the belt (1) in the running direction of the belt (1), and each signal surface (3) is able to be switched either into a first active state or into a second inactive state by the sensor (6), wherein a positive signal is able to be transmitted in the first active state and either a negative signal or no signal is able to be transmitted in the second inactive state, and the respective state of the signal surfaces (3) is able to be acquired by the external reader (9) when the moving belt (1) runs past. Since only one item of binary information is able to be transmitted per signal surface (3), the information density, even when the signal surfaces (3) run past the reader (9) at high speed, is low enough that it is possible to reliably acquire the states of the signal surfaces (3). Reliable acquisition of the data to be transmitted by the sensor (6) is thereby guaranteed, even when the belt (1) is running at high speed.

The invention relates to a belt (1) having a rear surface (2), having a data transmission device (3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), wherein the data transmission device (3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) has at least one sensor (6) having an energy supply and at least one external reader (9). The invention is based on the object of designing the data transmission device mentioned at the outset such that data from a moving belt (1) are able to be reliably transmitted to a stationary receiver (9). This object is achieved in that spaced signal surfaces (3) are arranged on the rear surface (2) of the belt (1) in the running direction of the belt (1), and each signal surface (3) is able to be switched either into a first active state or into a second inactive state by the sensor (6), wherein a positive signal is able to be transmitted in the first active state and either a negative signal or no signal is able to be transmitted in the second inactive state, and the respective state of the signal surfaces (3) is able to be acquired by the external reader (9) when the moving belt (1) runs past. Since only one item of binary information is able to be transmitted per signal surface (3), the information density, even when the signal surfaces (3) run past the reader (9) at high speed, is low enough that it is possible to reliably acquire the states of the signal surfaces (3). Reliable acquisition of the data to be transmitted by the sensor (6) is thereby guaranteed, even when the belt (1) is running at high speed.

A variety of transmission mechanisms are provided that include radially inverted pulleys that are nested within each other or otherwise overlap in order to exert inward forces onto a compressive belt that transmits power between the pulleys. By exerted forces inward onto the belt, the belt can be subjected to net compression everywhere along its length. This allows the belt to be less complex and to have a lower cost than belts of transmissions that exert forces outward from pulleys onto a belt, thus requiring expensive and technically challenging belt packs or other elements to sustain the longitudinal tensions experienced by such belts, even when such belts are operated as push belts. Transmissions that include such radially inverted pulleys can exhibit reduced size and cost and increased power capacity compared to transmissions that employ non-radially inverted pulleys.

A variety of transmission mechanisms are provided that include radially inverted pulleys that are nested within each other or otherwise overlap in order to exert inward forces onto a compressive belt that transmits power between the pulleys. By exerted forces inward onto the belt, the belt can be subjected to net compression everywhere along its length. This allows the belt to be less complex and to have a lower cost than belts of transmissions that exert forces outward from pulleys onto a belt, thus requiring expensive and technically challenging belt packs or other elements to sustain the longitudinal tensions experienced by such belts, even when such belts are operated as push belts. Transmissions that include such radially inverted pulleys can exhibit reduced size and cost and increased power capacity compared to transmissions that employ non-radially inverted pulleys.

In a chain belt having: plurality of link plates each provided with a pin hole; plurality of connecting pins to connect a part of the plurality of link plates in an endless annular form by being inserted into the pin holes across the part of the plurality of link plates in a state where the part of the plurality of link plates are overlapped; and a retainer pin welded to an end portion of the connecting pin and engaged with the link plate to prevent the link plate from coming off the connecting pin, the retainer pin is disposed in a posture in which an outer circumferential surface is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the connecting pin, and a plurality of points on the outer circumferential surface of the retainer pin separated from each other in the circumferential direction are welded to the connecting pin.

A plate link chain for a continuously variable transmission in a motor vehicle. The chain includes longer and shorter chain links that include longer and shorter link plates that are coupled to each other by pairs of rocker pressure pieces. The plate link chain includes only two types of link plates, namely shorter link plates and longer link plates.

In a metal belt for a continuously variable transmission having a saddle face of a metal element and a rocking edge positioned at substantially the same position in the radial direction, a rocking edge is provided at a radially outer end of a front face of a body part, the rocking edge being a fulcrum for pitching of the metal element of the metal belt which is wound around a drive pulley and a driven pulley and transmits a driving force between the two pulleys, and a recess is provided extending from a front face of a neck part to a front face of the body part. Thus, it is possible to minimize a space created between the front and rear metal elements and reduce the bending stress applied to the metal elements, thereby minimizing degradation of the power transmission efficiency.