by combining the first and last methods of belt-support referred to. If the belt were run fiat the whole distance, it would need to be so wide that the extra FIG. 3. CONICAL SIDE IDLERS. cost of the belt would be about equal to the money saved in using the cheaper pulley goes twice as fast as the… … pair of combination bearings which can fourth and fifth set of flat pulleys, or at such other interval as may be found advisable, the load is so centred on the belt at each of these points that it has no time to overflow before it is again centred between the next pair. The use of a very wide belt…
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