Chain for an infinitely variable speed drive

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AN ELONGATED CHAIN ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH A PULLEY MAINLY CONSISTING OF TWO DISKS HAVING AXIALLY OPPOSITE CONICALLY SHAPED FACES FORMED WITH RADIALLY EXTENDING RIDGES AND GROOVES, THE CHAIN COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY CONSECUTIVE LINKS, EACH LINK INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LINK PLATE MEANS PARTLY OVERLAPPING THE LINK PLATE MEANS OF THE TWO ADJACENT LINKS, THE RESPECTIVE OVERLAPPING PORTIONS OF THE PLATE MEANS BEING FORMED WITH ALIGNED TRANSVERSE APERTURES; LINK PIN MEANS RECEIVED IN SAID APERTURES FOR HINGEDLY CONNECTING ADJACENT LINKS, THE PLURALITY OF LINK PLATE MEANS OF ONE LINK BEING FORMED WITH ALIGNED RESPECTIVE TRANSVERSE OPENINGS INTERMEDIATE SAID APERTURES, EACH OF THE LATTER LINK PLATE MEANS HAVING TWO LONGITUDINALLY SPACED END WALL IN THE RESPECTIVE OPENINGS, AND AN UPPER AND LOWER WALL OPPOSITE EACH OTHER AND CONNECTING SAID END WALLS; COVER PLATE MEANS IN SAID OPENINGS IN ABUTTING CONTACT WITH EACH OF SAID UPPER WALLS; A PLURALITY OF THINBLADE MEMBERS IN LONGITUDINALLY STACKED JUXTAPOSITION TO CONSTITUTE A SLAT PACK IN SAID OPENINGS, SAID BLADE MEMBERS LATERALLY PROJECTING FROM SAID ONE LINK FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A COOPERATING DISK AND BEING MOVABLE IN SAID OPENINGS FOR ABUTTING CONTACT WITH SAID COVER PLATE MEANS AND SAID LOWER WALLS; AND TWO BAR MEMBERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH SAID OPENINGS OF SAID ONE LINK IN RESPECTIVE ABUTTING CONTACT WITH SAID END WALLS IN THE OPENING OF EACH LINK PLATE MEANS OF SAID ONE LINK, SAID BAR MEMBERS BEING SECURED AGAINST ROTARY MOVEMENT IN SAID OPENINGS, AND EACH BAR MEMBER INCLUDING CONTACT FACE MEANS ABUTTINGLY ENGAGING AN ADJACENT ONE OF SAID BLADE MEMBERS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ONE MEMBER ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS IN SAID CONTACT FACE MEANS, WHEREBY ALL PLATE MEMBERS CONSTITUTING SAID SLAT PACK MAY JOINTLY PIVOT IN SAID OPENINGS ABOUT RESPECTIVE TRANSVERSE AXES.