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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Shinji Shinohara, Fukuoka, JP;
Takuma Tsuda, Fukuoka, JP;
Takeshi Hayashida, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 32/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a hydrostatic gas bearing for use in a vacuum, in order to provide a hydrostatic gas bearing in which an increase in the quantity of gas being discharged during the movement of a moving body is reduced, the surface of a guide shaft of a fixed body and/or the surface of the moving body is subjected to processing for reducing adhesion of gas molecules, for example, by coating the surface(s) with a material having a low adhesion probability of gas molecules, by which the quantity of gas being discharged is decreased.