Guide mechanism for cylinder apparatus
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsTetsuya Naruse, Kazuhiro Iida
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Abstract
A slider is displaceable in an axial direction on guide sections of a cylinder tube through a guide mechanism. A first elastic member is interposed between a first bearing support member of the guide mechanism and one retaining section of the slider. A bearing installed in the first bearing support member, is pressed continuously toward the guide section. A second bearing support member is installed via a second elastic member between the guide section and another retaining section of the slider. A bearing provided on the second bearing support member is pressed toward the guide section by means of a resilient force of the second elastic member.
Claims13
A guide mechanism for a cylinder apparatus for displacing a displacement member disposed outside of a main cylinder body in an axial direction, said guide mechanism being disposed between said main cylinder body and said displacement member, for retaining said displacement member displaceably with respect to said main cylinder body, said guide mechanism comprising:
- a retaining section provided between said displacement member and a guide section of said main cylinder body for retaining said displacement member;
- a bearing for making sliding contact with said guide section;
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- an elastic section arranged between said retaining section and said displacement member for urging said retaining section toward said guide section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.