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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1995
SMC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rodless cylinder has adjusting mechanisms, each comprising a gear shaft rotatably mounted in a hole defined in an outer wall of a slide table and having a first gear on an end thereof, an adjustment shaft having a second gear on an end thereof which is held in mesh with the first gear at a predetermined angle, and a rod coupled to an opposite end of the adjustment shaft out of alignment with a central axis of adjustment shaft, with a guide roller being rotatably supported on the rod. When the gear shaft is turned by a screwdriver bit inserted in the hole, the adjustment shaft is turned to displace the guide rod for optimum rolling contact with a rail on a cylinder tube. The rolling contact between the guide rod and the rail can be adjusted from the outer side of the slide table.