System for adjusting play in a linear guide
US6461046B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16C2322/39
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for adjusting the play in a linear guide, the linear guide incorporating a slide provided with running surfaces and guided between guide surfaces of a guide element. The linear guide also includes bearing members that are disposed between running surfaces and guide surfaces, with at least one running surface held on the slide elastically displaceable in the cross-direction and adjustable by a spreader element against a guide surface assigned to the running surface. This renders the play between the slide and the guide element adjustable. The spreader element comprises a hollow body that incorporates a continuous through-opening extending in the longitudinal direction and is elastically displaceable or deformable by an adjusting element cooperating with the same.
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