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US 6,647,859 B2Granted
Belt-fixing mechanism
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorJunya Kaneko
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Abstract
First and second adjusting screws are screwed into screw holes of an end plate respectively. An upper belt is interposed between the second adjusting screw and a fixing member. Either one or both of the first adjusting screw and the second adjusting screw are rotated to move the fixed height position of the upper belt under the swinging action about the support point on a lower circular arc-shaped section of the fixing member.
Claims10
A belt-fixing mechanism for fixing a belt for closing a slit of a body of a drive apparatus, said slit extending in an axial direction of a cylinder tube, said belt-fixing mechanism comprising:
- a fastening member which is connected to an end of said body;
- a fixing member which is inserted into a hole formed in said fastening member and which fixes said belt;
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- a fixation position-adjusting member which is disposed in said fastening member and which swings said fixing member to adjust a height position at which said belt is fixed,
- wherein said fixation position-adjusting member includes a plurality of pressing members which are coaxial with said slit and which press said fixing member, and displacement amounts of said pressing members are changeable to swing said fixing member for adjusting said height position of said belt interposed between said fixing member and said pressing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.