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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1997
Shinichiro Okamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A foot structure for an apparatus including a bolt member, a slide cup, and a flange member in one embodiment. The bolt member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the bolt member is fixed to the apparatus. The slide cup has at its upper portion a recess for slidably supporting the second end of the bolt member and has at its lower portion a substantially flat lower surface and a rodlike projection projecting downward from a substantially central portion of the lower surface. The flange member has a slide surface with which the lower surface of the slide cup is in slidable contact and a wall surface projecting downward from the slide surface to define an opening area for accommodating the rodlike projection with play. The flange member is mounted on a substantially horizontal floor surface. With this structure, horizontal movement of the rodlike projection of the slide cup is limited within the opening space defined by the wall surface of the flange member, thereby limiting the range of displacement of the apparatus relative to the floor surface.