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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takao Yokomatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Motomu Furukawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384 12 ; 384 16 ; 384279 ; 384471 ;
Abstract
A static pressure bearing device for relatively supporting, in an ambience, an object for relative movement, comprising a fluid supplying portion for supplying a fluid to at least a portion of a surface of the object, and a suction pump for drawing the fluid supplied to the portion of the surface of the object by the fluid supplying portion, so as to substantially prevent leakage of the fluid into the ambience.