Revolving guiding means for rolling members
OwnerWerner Jacobinventor
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Abstract
Revolving guiding means in the form of individual cassettes serving to guide rolling members which are individually guided by cage elements having cylindrical portions which have a production axis extending at a right angle betweeen the centers of all rolling members contained in one cassette, furthermore, the individual cage elements are provided with guiding extensions arranged perpendicularly relative to the center plane and parallel to the center path which is the path covered by the center of a rolling member in the course of one revolution, so as to provide revolving guiding means which ensure safe guidance of the rolling member and which are suitable for balls and cylindrical rollers with inclined roller axes which axes may be inclined at different angles.
Claims21
Revolving guiding means for rolling members, comprising:
- a basic member having two extending parallel track portions and two curved deflection portions connecting the two track portions, a first one of the track portions being provided as a supporting track portion from which the rolling members project so as to establish contact with a guiding rail track, a second one of the track portions and the curved deflecting portions being at least partially closed so as to permit load-free guidance, each of the portions having running tracks for the rolling members;
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- a plurality of adjoining cage elements (13, 13a) each having, relative to adjoining cage elements, faces with cylindrical portions (14, 14a) having an axis (15), the cylindrical portions (14, 14a) being arranged so that the axis (15) extends perpendicularly to a center plane (ME) through the center (M) of the rolling members (12, 12a), each rolling member (12, 12a) being guided so as to be laterally embraced by a cage element, the cage elements (13, 13a) further having guiding extensions (16, 16a) arranged so as to extend vertically to the center plane (ME) so as to engage guiding grooves (17, 17a) parallel to a center path (MB) of the rolling members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.