HUMAN POWER DETECTOR AND HUMAN POWER AUXILIARY POWER UNIT USING ITS HUMAN POWER DETECTOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable high reliability and reduction of cost by improving a human power detector having a method for detecting tension of a chain. ;SOLUTION: A human power detector B is provided with a manual input shaft 11, a human power output shaft 12, a rope body 13 to be wound on them, and a tension detecting means 14 for detecting tension of the rope body 13, and at least the rope body 13 and the tension detecting means 14 are housed in a case 15. The rope body 13 is wound on the input and output shafts 11, 12 with slack, a lever 16 for applying tension to the rope body 13 is provided, the lever 16 is rotatably installed, an idler 16b to be brought in slide contact with the rope body 13 is provided on one side of it, and a detecting sensor 20 is connected to the other side. A manual auxiliary power unit A is provided with the manual input shaft 11, the manual output shaft 12, the rope body 13 to be wound on them, the tension detecting means 14, and a motor M, at least the rope body 13, the tension detecting means 14 and the motor M are housed in the case 15.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO