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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Thk Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroomi Kuribayashi, Tokyo, JP;
THK CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A guide apparatus is provided which can increase a holding force that holds a table, a drawer, a cabinet, a device, or the like at a predetermined position. An engagement body () is placed on a second member (). A pair of plate spring portions (and) is placed on a first member () in such a manner as to sandwich the engagement body (). The pair of plate spring portions (and) bend in such a manner that a minimum dimension between the pair of plate spring portions (and) is smaller than a dimension (length) of the engagement body (). In a state where the engagement body () has gone beyond a minimum dimension position () between the pair of plate spring portions (and) and the second member () is being held at a predetermined position on the first member (), the minimum dimension between the pair of plate spring portions (and) is smaller than the dimension (length) of the engagement body (), and both end portions (, and), in a length direction, of the plate spring portions (and) are supported by the first member ().