Limited stroke linear guide device

A linear guide device, comprising:

• a guide member including a guide groove surrounded by a base portion and a pair of side wall portions, each of the side wall portions having a rolling groove for rolling elements, which is formed along a longitudinal direction of the guide groove so as to face the guide groove;
• a shaft member which is configured to move inside the guide groove of the guide member along the longitudinal direction of the guide groove, and includes rolling grooves facing the rolling grooves of the guide member;
• a large number of rolling elements configured to roll between the rolling groove of the guide member and the rolling groove of the shaft member while bearing a load;
• and
• a cage, which is configured to be arranged inside the guide groove of the guide member so as to be present in a gap between the guide member and the shaft member, and has the large number of rolling elements being rotatably arranged in the cage,
• wherein any one of the guide member or the shaft member has a stopper provided at an end part in a longitudinal direction and configured to allow the cage to be brought into abutment against the stopper, and
• wherein, while another one of the guide member or the shaft member has a regulating hole which is elongated along a moving direction of the shaft member, the cage has a locking protrusion provided upright on the cage and having a distal end part inserted into the regulating hole.