Device for the suspension and translational guidance of an item of apparatus and item of apparatus equipped with such a device

A device for the suspension and translational guidance of an item of apparatus (1) intended to be displaced, parallel to its longitudinal axis (X--X) with respect to a stationary support (2), of the type having at least one pair of suspension elements (4A, 4B) spaced along said longitudinal axis (X--X) and arranged at least approximately transverse to said axis (X--X) while being flexible parallel to said axis (X--X), one end of each of said suspension elements being secured to said item of apparatus (1) and another end of each of said suspension elements being secured to said support (2), and controllable actuating means (10) intended to exert a force parallel to said longitudinal axis (X--X) on said suspension elements, wherein each of said suspension elements (4A, 4B) consists of at least one pair of blades (5A, 5B;

• 6A, 6B), one end of one of said blades being secured to said support (2) and one end of the other of said blades being secured to said item of apparatus (1), the other ends of said blades being secured to each other.