Means for driving a movable body

• Main Authors: OHTA; SAKAE, TANI; TATSUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.08.1981
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GEARING; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A mechanism for driving a movable body including a movable body reciprocatingly movable along guide members, a member for driving said movable body reciprocatingly, a wire for connecting the movable body with the driving member, a tension member arranged in a slack portion of the wire during the time of advancing movement of the movable body and elastic means for providing a strong or a weak tension force to the tension member, the weak tension force being applied to the tension member during advancing movement of the movable body and the strong tension force being applied to the tension member during returning movement of the movable body.