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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidekazu Michioka, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Konomoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
THK Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/100 ;
Abstract
In a method for manufacturing a curvilinear guide rail for guiding a moving body along a curved line having a given curvature, the bottom surface of a linear guide rail for guiding a moving body in a linear manner is pressed against a curved rail mounting surface formed with a given radius of curvature to thereby elastically deform the linear guide rail in a curvilinear manner, and the linear guide rail is then fixed to the rail mounting surface while the linear guide rail remains deformed elastically, thereby producing a curvilinear guide rail.