| 摘要 |
A ball connecting body has a large number of balls aligned in a line and supports the balls in such a manner as to be capable of rolling, and is used by being assembled into a linear guide device for endless sliding or a ball endless track of a ball screw device. Particularly, this ball connecting body can be freely bent or twisted in use. The ball connecting body comprises a large number of balls aligned in a line with predetermined gaps between them and connecting belts for turnably supporting these balls and connecting adjacent balls to one another, wherein the connecting body belt includes four belt members shaped into a web shape extending along the spherical surfaces of the balls and moreover, coming into contact with a plurality of balls, and each of the belt members is connected to the others between the mutually adjacent balls, and is shaped into a contracted shape having a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the ball. <IMAGE> |
