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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1996
Shinya Miura, Yawara-mura, JP;
SMC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hollow guide rail 10 defining a pneumatic cylinder tube which is made up of multiple tubular members 16 connected in end to end fashion. Each tubular member 16 has a reinforcing rib 17 extending between its opposite ends, a rib-less part 24 formed on the tubular member 16 near each of its longitudinal ends by cutting away a part of the reinforcing rib 17, and a coupling rib 25 defined by the portion of the reinforcing rib 17 which remains between each rib-less portion 24 and the nearest longitudinal end of the tubular member 16 after the portions of the reinforcing rib 17 have been cut away. The tubular members 16 are connected to each other by fastening the coupling ribs 25 of adjacent tubular members 16 together with connecting plates 33 fitted over the coupling ribs and nuts and bolts 34.