Guide unit

A guide unit comprising at least one guide rail, said guide rail having a longitudinal axis and a rail profile with at least one track, also comprising at least two guide carriages guided on the at least one track of the guide rail with mutually facing ends, and a covering means for covering the guide rail at least in a longitudinal portion of the guide rail between the two mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages, said covering means being in abutment with the mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages for making a driving connection with the at least two guide carriages for common movement therewith and having a substantially rigid configuration in the axial direction between the two mutually facing ends, at least one sliding face which makes sliding engagement with a slideway of the guide rail being provided on the covering means, said sliding face being arranged on a sliding block fastened on the covering means, and a lubricant supply is arranged within the covering means.

A guide unit comprising at least one guide rail, said guide rail having a longitudinal axis and a rail profile with at least one track, also comprising at least two guide carriages guided on the at least one track of the guide rail with mutually facing ends, and a covering means for covering the guide rail at least in a longitudinal portion of the guide rail between the two mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages, said covering means being in abutment with the mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages for making a driving connection with the at least two guide carriages for common movement therewith and having a substantially rigid configuration in the axial direction between the two mutually facing ends, at least one sliding face which makes sliding engagement with a slideway of the guide rail being provided on the covering means, said sliding face being arranged on a sliding block fastened on the covering means, the covering means comprising at least one covering means profile and at least one plug-on part, said at least one plug-on part being adapted to be plugged onto the covering means profile.

A guide unit comprising at least one guide rail, said guide rail having a longitudinal axis and a rail profile with at least one track, also comprising at least two guide carriages guided on the at least one track of the guide rail with mutually facing ends, and a covering means for covering the guide rail at least in a longitudinal portion of the guide rail between the two mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages, said covering means being in abutment with the mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages for making a driving connection with the at least two guide carriages for common movement therewith and having a substantially rigid configuration in the axial direction between the two mutually facing ends, at least one sliding face which makes sliding engagement with a slideway of the guide rail being provided on the covering means, said sliding face being arranged on a sliding block fastened on the covering means, the sliding block being designed as a lubricator for lubriating a track or/and a slideway.

A guide unit comprising at least one guide rail, said guide rail having a longitudinal axis and a rail profile with at least one track, also comprising at least two guide carriages guided on the at least one track of the guide rail with mutually facing ends, and a covering means for covering the guide rail at least in a longitudinal portion of the guide rail between the two mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages, said covering means being in abutment with the mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages for making a driving connection with the at least two guide carriages for common movement therewith and having a substantially rigid configuration in the axial direction between the two mutually facing ends, at least one sliding face which makes sliding engagement with a slideway of the guide rail being provided on the covering means, said sliding face being arranged on a sliding block fastened on the covering means, a lubricant duct extending in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail being provided in the covering means.

A guide unit comprising at least one guide rail, said guide rail having a longitudinal axis and a rail profile with at least one track, also comprising at least two guide carriages guided on the at least one track of the guide rail with mutually facing ends, and a covering means for covering the guide rail at least in a longitudinal portion of the guide rail between the two mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages, said covering means being in abutment with the mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages for making a driving connection with the at least two guide carriages for common movement therewith and having a substantially rigid configuration in the axial direction between the two mutually facing ends, at least one sliding face which makes sliding engagement with a slideway of the guide rail being provided on the covering means, said sliding face being arranged on a sliding block fastened on the covering means, the covering means comprising a hollow wall profile, and a lubricant duct being integrated into the hollow wall profile.

A guide unit comprising at least one guide rail, said guide rail having a longitudinal axis and a rail profile with at least one track, also comprising at least two guide carriages guided on the at least one track of the guide rail with mutually facing ends, and a covering means for covering the guide rail between the two mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages, said covering means making a driving connection with the at least two guide carriages for common movement therewith and having a substantially rigid configuration in the axial direction between the two mutually facing ends at least over a portion of its longitudinal dimension, at least one sliding face which makes sliding engagement with a slideway of the guide rail being provided on the covering means, the sliding face being arranged on a sliding block fastened on the covering means, and holding profile means for receiving the sliding block being provided for fastening the sliding block on a covering means profile of the covering means.

A guide unit comprising at least one guide rail, said guide rail having a longitudinal axis and a rail profile with at least one track, also comprising at least two guide carriages guided on the at least one track of the guide rail with mutually facing ends, and a covering means for covering the guide rail at least in a longitudinal portion of the guide rail between the two mutually facing ends of the at least two guide carriages, said covering means making a driving connection with the at least two guide carriages for common movement therewith and having a substantially rigid configuration in the axial direction between the two mutually facing ends at least over a portion of its longitudinal dimension, the covering means comprising a covering means profile with a plurality of profile wall parts which adjoin one another in the circumferential direction about the longitudinal axis and are articulated to one another.