Patent · US Expired

Pressure-medium activated linear drive system

US5601026A · kind A · utility

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8References

9Claims

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Assignee

Continental AG · DE

Inventors

Fritz Rothemeyer · Altwarmbüchen, DE
Harald Kranz · Elze, DE
Stefan Wode · Langenhagen, DE
Wolfgang Kleiner · Hagenburg, DE
Rainer Alles · Höchst im Odenwald, DE
Roland Merten · Peine, DE
Dieter Landweer · Hannover, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 1995
Grant date	Feb 11, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF15B15/08
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A linear drive system has a guide rail and a transport device that is moveable along the guide rail. At least one tubular, flexible hollow body is positioned along the extension of the guide rail. The hollow body consists essentially of an elastomeric material and has a first and a second end. The at least one hollow body is loadable with a pressure medium from the first or the second end. At least one squeezing roller is rotatably connected to the transport device for forcing sealingly the at least one hollow body against a counter element. The guide rail consists essentially of a flexible elastomer.

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