System for moving a carriage along a guide
AssigneeSys-Tec, Inc.
InventorFranco Caliari
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Abstract
A system for moving a carriage along a guide comprises: at least one sliding block that slidingly connects the carriage to the guide; a control shaft associated to the carriage; a driving unit suitable for moving said control shaft in rotation; and rotary-translatory connecting means between said control shaft and said guide. The control shaft is movable between a working position wherein it is connected to said guide for moving the carriage by said driving unit, and an idle position wherein it is disconnected from said guide for free manual pulling of the carriage through said at least one sliding block.
Claims33
System for moving a carriage along a guide, comprising:
- at least one sliding block that slidingly connects the carriage to the guide;
- a control shaft associated to the carriage;
- a driving unit suitable for moving said control shaft in rotation;
- rotary-translatory connecting means between said control shaft and said guide suitable for causing a forward movement of the carriage along the guide following a rotation of the control shaft;
- wherein said control shaft is movable between a working position wherein it is connected to said guide through said connecting means for moving the carriage by said driving unit, and an idle position wherein it is disconnected from said guide for free manual pulling of the carriage through said at least one sliding block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.