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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Smc Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiromi Shimoda, Noda, JP;
Hiroshi Ogawa, Okegawa, JP;
Hiroshi Udagawa, Soka, JP;
Takashi Nagao, Abiko, JP;
SMC Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
A pair of air cylinders that cause a valve plate to perform an opening/closing operation each include a head-side air cushion mechanism and a rod-side air cushion mechanism. Each head-side air cushion mechanism includes a head-side communication path and a head-side restricting flow path that connect a head-side pressure chamber and a head-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the head-side communication path when a piston approaches a retreat stroke end, and each rod-side air cushion mechanism includes a rod-side communication path and a rod-side restricting flow path that connect a rod-side pressure chamber and a rod-side main flow path in parallel, and a blocking mechanism that blocks the rod-side communication path when the piston approaches an advance stroke end.