Abstract: Disclosed is a rodless cylinder having a cylinder barrel with a slit formed axially therein. A piston is movably housed in the cylinder barrel. A mounting table is disposed movably along the external surface of the cylinder barrel and connected to the piston through the slit. An external actuator is mounted on the mounting table and designed to be driven by a pressure fluid. A passage, through which a pressure fluid can pass, is defined in the cylinder barrel. An inlet is provided in the cylinder barrel so as to introduce the pressure fluid in the passage to the mounting table side. An outlet is provided on the mounting table so as to supply the pressure fluid introduced from the inlet to the external actuator.

Abstract: Disclosed is a braking apparatus for a rod-less cylinder. A transfer member (3) arranged outside a cylinder body (1) is coupled to a piston (2) disposed movably within the cylinder body (1), and moves together with the piston (2). A brake rail (8) is arranged on the outer side surface of the cylinder body (1), extending in parallel to the moving direction of the piston (2). A braking member (16) faces the brake rail (8) in such a manner as to be engageable therewith, and disengageable therefrom, and is moved to a contact position where it engages the brake rail (8), and a release position where it disengages from the brake rail (8) by an operation member (17), to accomplish the braking and unbraking of the transfer member (3).