Patent ID: 6766727
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: F15B

Abstract:
A piston-rod-less linear drive comprising:a housing, which possesses a tube body delimiting a piston receiving space and provided at its ends with housing covers, such tube body being provided at one point on its periphery with a longitudinal slot permitting the passage therethrough of a force transmitting member able to be moved in the longitudinal direction of the slot, and a band arrangement extending along the longitudinal slot for closing the longitudinal slot, such band arrangement including an inner closure band provided at the inner slot opening associated with the piston receiving space and/or of an outer closure band provided at the outer face of the tube body, the respective closure band being secured at its two terminal sections by securing means to the housing, characterized in that the securing means for the one or both band terminal sections of the inner and/or outer closure band comprise a support body arranged on the respective terminal band section, such support body projecting laterally past the outer face of the respective closure band and bearing against the associated terminal face of the tube body independently of the housing cover provided on the same terminal face wherein the terminal band section of the inner and/or outer closure band extend axially beyond the terminal face of the tube body into a socket disposed on the support body and are held therein by a clamping action.