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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1993
Toshimichi Moriwaki, Nishiochiai, Suma-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Eiji Shamoto, Nigawakita, Takarazuka-shi, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Akira Tsuboi, Kariya, JP;
Yukio Maeda, Chiryu, JP;
Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Other;
Abstract
Herein disclosed is a feed system which comprises: a moving body; a plurality of sets of support blocks arranged at the two sides of the moving body and along the moving direction of the moving body; a plurality of clamping members supported through elastically deformable members by the respective sets of the support blocks to engage with the sides of the moving body; clamping actuators mounted on the individual sets of the support blocks for displacing the clamping members toward the sides of the moving body to clamp the moving body; moving actuators mounted on the individual sets of the support blocks for displacing the clamping members in the moving direction of the movable member; and control means for operating the clamping actuators and the moving actuators with phases offset from each other.