Tensile force generating device and bending and stretching motion assist device provided with same

Abstract

A tensile force generating device includes: a base member; a guide pipe having a base end fixed to the base member and a free end, the guide pipe being provided with a first slot extending in a longitudinal direction; a tubular elastic member fitted over the guide pipe and having a base end supported by the base member on a side of the base end of the guide pipe; a flexible wire passed into the guide pipe from a side of the base end of the guide pipe; an end member slidably mounted on the guide pipe and supporting a free end of the elastic member; and a slider slidably received in the guide pipe, joined to a tip of the wire, and joined to the end member through the first slot.

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