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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Tamagawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Hisayoshi Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A rotary table apparatus includes: a table part having a placement surface; a support part having a guide surface facing an opposing surface which is on an opposite side of the placement surface of the table part; an air film forming part that forms an air film by supplying compressed air between the guide surface and the opposing surface; a negative pressure generating part that sucks air between the guide surface and the opposing surface; a discharge part formed with a discharge port; and an opening adjusting part that adjust the size of an opening area of the discharge port in accordance with the size of a compressed air pressure corresponding to a load applied to the table part.