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Abstract

A system for improving the efficiency of a belt-driven system is provided. The system is particularly adapted for retrofitting tensioners onto existing belt-driven machines or to incorporate a tensioner into an the existing design of a belt-driven machine with limited changes to the specifications of the existing design. The system includes a motor driving a belt that drives a pulley. The pulley drives a shaft or other element of the system. A tensioner is provided for tensioning the belt to impede slippage between the belt and the pulley. The tensioner is connected to the motor and a frame of the system via a mounting bracket that includes a first leg and a second leg having a plurality of mounting holes adapted to cooperate with mounts on the motor and a connector of the tensioner. In one embodiment, the mounting holes of the second leg are laterally offset from one or more mounting holes of the first leg. Additionally, in one embodiment, the mounting bracket is configured so that the mounting holes in the first leg are positioned to form an array of rows and columns, and the mounting holes in the second leg are positioned to form a separate array of rows and columns.

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