Assembly for guiding the longitudinal sliding movement of a sub-assembly
AssigneeAdder
InventorDominique Michel
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Abstract
An improved arrangement for a transverse dividing element includes an upper cross beam (32), each free end of the cross beam being guided longitudinally by way of an associated guiding structure. The guiding structure includes a slide having a groove in which a free end (34) of the cross beam (32) can slide longitudinally, the free end being equipped with guiding (92, 100) and a locking (102, 104) element. The transverse dividing element can be used to guide an upper cross beam supporting a transverse element that is used to divide the internal space of an aircraft cabin.
Claims14
An assembly for guiding the longitudinal sliding movement of a sub-assembly (32), comprising:
- a guide rail (36) comprising a groove (40) with an inside wall defining a longitudinal guideway (93), the body of the guide rail (36) comprising a longitudinal front groove (40) open in a transverse direction;
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- a guide runner (34) configured to cooperate with the groove (40) of the guide rail (36) comprising at least one locking system (102) for locking the runner (34), when the runner is engaged in the guide rail (36), in any longitudinal position relative to the guide rail (36), the guide runner (34) further comprising rolling elements (92) each comprised of a pair of mutually oblique rollers configured to roll along longitudinal guideway (93) of the groove (40),
- wherein the guideway (93) comprises opposing inner walls each having faces with cylindrical arcs of approximately circular section, and
- wherein the locking system (102) comprises at least one locking shoe (104) movable between i) a retracted position and ii) a locked position in which the shoe engages by friction with a locking surface of the body of the guide rail (36).
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