Patent ID: 9003708
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: E05F,E05Y,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A combination comprising one moving body and one moving body drive apparatus driving the moving body in a linear direction by a drive source, the moving body drive apparatus comprising: a housing case; a relay linear body movably disposed in the housing case along a traveling direction of the moving body by the drive source, and having a relay rotating body disposed at an end portion thereof in the traveling direction and supported rotatably in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction to relay drive power to the moving body; a rotation converting body fixed to the housing case and engaging with an outer circumference of the relay rotating body, the rotation converting body converting a movement of the relay rotating body moved in the traveling direction of the moving body into a rotation of the relay rotating body; and a conveyance linear body coupled to the moving body and engaging with the outer circumference of the relay rotating body, the conveyance linear body moving in the traveling direction of the moving body by the relay rotating body rotating while being moved in the traveling direction of the moving body; and wherein the relay linear body, the relay rotating body, and the conveyance linear body are housed within the housing case.