Patent ID: 7306372

Claim:
A table apparatus for use in a depressurized environment, the table apparatus comprising attached components including: a guide rail component; a slider component; a guide rail side member component that is attached to the guide rail component; a slider side member component that is attached to the slider component; a side seal and end cap assembly component that is attached to the slider component, said table apparatus further comprising: a receiving portion defining a hole formed in a respective pair of said attached components; a joining member in said receiving portion for performing one of the attachments; a first gas reservoir formed between the joining member and an inner side wall of the receiving portion; a second gas reservoir formed between the joining member and a distal end of the receiving portion, and a gas vent hole formed through one of said attached components providing fluid communication from an outside of the table apparatus to both the first gas reservoir and the second gas reservoir, wherein the first gas reservoir is in direct fluid communication with the gas vent hole and the second gas reservoir is in fluid communication with the gas vent hole via the first gas reservoir.