on the carrier 13 is increased tensions of the carrier 13 at typical pulley ratios are compared in the following table table______________________________________pulley ratio i 2 5 0 7 0 5maximum engine speed r p m 3500 6000 3500torque kgf m 8 1 7 2 8 1secondary oil pressure for driven 28 14 13pulley p kgf cm sup 2 tension of one of the edges ofthe carrier at tight side kgf oil pressure 120 100 90torque 90 45 45centrifugal force 9 110 48total 219 255 183______________________________________ in this table 34 tight side 34 means a straight portion of the left side in fig1 because the power from the drive pulley is transmitted as shown in the table the maximum tension which is 255 kgf is exerted on the carrier 13 when the pulley ratio is 0 7 namely at vmax furthermore the transmission is always driven at full load at vmax therefore it is assumed that at vmax friction between the pillar portion 14 of the element 12 and the edge of the carrier 13 becomes very large in addition as can be understood from fig5 the range of the permissible value u03b4xp wherein the elements 12 entering the pulley is kept stable is narrow at the pulley ratio top if the running of the belt is irregular the elements are apt to be deviated causing damage to the pulleys elements and carrier accordingly it is desirable to render the amount of the offset u03b4x zero at the.