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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Seiichi Otsubo, Utsunomiya, JP;
Koji Takesako, Utsunomiya, JP;
Mitsuru Fukuda, Utsunomiya, JP;
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A slider device () according to the present invention includes a base (); a running head () slidably provided on said base () along the direction guided by a prespecified guide mechanism (); a rack () provided in the fixed state on either said base () or said running head () along the guide direction by said guide mechanism (); a pinion () engaging with rack teeth of said rack and driven and rotated by a prespecified power source; a swing arm () rotatably supporting said pinion (), having an oscillation shaft () parallel to a rotary shaft of said pinion, and coupled to either one of said base () and said running head () via said oscillation shaft () in the oscillation-allowable state with the line extending between said oscillation shaft () and the rotary shaft of said pinion substantially parallel to said rack () as the reference state; and a biasing mechanism () for biasing said pinion () toward said rack () via said swing arm ().