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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1995
Yukinobu Chikamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Geka, Kanagawa, JP;
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A braking apparatus and a rolling guide unit on which it is equipped. A pressure control device, such as a hydraulic cylinder mechanism, operates according to a braking command signal emitted when an operation switch for braking is actuated, or when the braking command signal is emitted based on memory data. This causes the braking members to make contact with and push against a surface of the track rails other than the track surface, in order to fix the position of the rolling guide unit. The braking members are released from the surface based on the emission of a braking release command signal, so that the position is no longer fixed.