Sliding element with keeper device suspended from and guided on a roller rail by support rollers

A sliding element suspended from and guided on top of a roller rail mounted on roller rail brackets which grip the roller rail underneath, the roller rail brackets being fixed to a substructure, the sliding element comprising:

• a suspended element;
• a plurality of support rollers or glide elements attached to the suspended element and guided on top of the roller rail in a direction of travel;
• and
• a keeper device attached to the suspended element and located underneath the roller rail, the keeper device comprising a keeper bracket and a locking element,
• wherein the keeper bracket has a pocket in which the locking element is mounted to pivot about a pivot axis parallel to the direction of travel, the locking element projects from the keeper bracket and is spring-loaded, in a locking direction, against the roller rail to provide a locking action which prevents the support rollers or glide elements from jumping off the roller rail, the locking element is pushed, in a release direction opposite to the locking direction, into the keeper bracket to release the locking action when the keeper device travels over a roller rail bracket, the locking element has contact surfaces which limit the pivoting of the locking element in the locking direction and the release direction, respectively, and
• wherein the roller rail has a central longitudinal axis, the locking element having a locking lobe which engages the roller rail toward the substructure from the central longitudinal axis.