Linear guide unit
AssigneeRexroth Star GmbH
InventorSiegfried Bauer
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Abstract
In a linear guide unit that has an elongated guide housing which limits a guide hollow space with a longitudinal opening, a wagon arrangement which is displaceably guided in the guide hollow space on guide rails, a connection part for connecting the wagon arrangement to an object to be guided, a cover element arranged between movement tracks of the connection part and covering the longitudinal opening, in accordance with the present invention forwardly of and/or rearwardly of the wagon arrangement, at least one support unit is arranged displaceably in direction of the longitudinal axis for supporting the cover element relative to the guide housing; also additionally or alternatively the support unit can support the cover element relative to the wagon arrangement.
Claims12
A linear guide unit, comprising an elongated guide housing having a longitudinal axis and walls which limit a guide hollow space and have free ends which limit at least one longitudinal opening of said guide hollow space;
- two guide rails provided in said guide hollow space each for displaceably guiding a wagon in direction of said longitudinal axis;
- a connecting unit which connects said wagons to a wagon arrangement;
- a connection part extending through said longitudinal opening for connection each of said wagons to an object to be guided in direction of said longitudinal axis;
- a cover element arranged between a movement path of said connection parts, is mounted on said guide housing and covers said longitudinal opening, and a support unit which is displaceable in direction of said longitudinal axis and located relative to said wagon arrangement in a position selected from the group consisting of a forwardly of, rearwardly of and both forwardly and rearwardly of said wagon arrangement, said supporting unit supporting said cover element relative to at least one element selected from the group consisting of said guide housing and said wagon arrangement.
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