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US 9,926,669 B2Granted
Round shaft track guide and track assembly
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorCarl White
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Abstract
An assembly and method for removably installing a round linear track to a floor is provided. The assembly includes a track guide having a plurality of curved bearing surfaces to support a round track segment and a clamp to removably capture the round track in the track guide. The method includes placing a segment of round track on a lead portion of the track guide; moving the segment of track into a supporting portion of the track guide; and capturing the segment of round track in the track guide with a clamp.
Claims20
A track guide comprising:
- a base having a top side;
- a raised center section centered at a central vertical axis on the top side with a curved upper surface and bounded by a first side wall and a second side wall;
- a first arm extending from the top side adjacent to the first side wall and having a first projection extending inwardly and away from the first arm, the first projection having a first flat bearing surface parallel to the central vertical axis;
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- a second arm extending from the top side adjacent to the second side wall and having a second projection extending inwardly and away from the second arm, the second projection having a curved bearing surface,
- wherein the curved upper surface and the curved bearing surface are arc segments of a common circle.
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A track guide comprising:
- a base having a top side;
- a raised center section on the top side with a curved upper surface and bounded by a first side wall and a second side wall;
- a first arm extending from the top side adjacent to the first side wall and having a first projection extending inwardly and away from the first arm;
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- a second arm extending from the top side adjacent to the second side wall and having a second projection extending inwardly and away from the second arm, the second projection having a curved bearing surface, wherein the curved upper surface and the curved bearing surface are arc segments of a common circle, wherein the base has a second side comprising planar edge portions and a curved center portion extending between the edge portions and having a radius centered at a point opposite the second side of the base.
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A track assembly comprising:
- a track guide having a base with a top side and further including:
- a raised center section on the top side bounded by a first side wall and a second side wall with a curved upper surface comprising a first curved support surface and a second curved support surface, a portion of the first side wall including a first engagement profile;
- a first arm extending from the top side adjacent to the first side wall and having a first projection extending inwardly and away from the first arm, the first projection having a first flat bearing surface;
- a second arm extending from the top side adjacent to the second side wall and having a second projection extending inwardly and away from the second arm, the second projection having a first curved bearing surface laying on a common circle with the curved upper surface;
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- a clamp having an elongate arm with a first end including a second engagement profile, engageable with the first engagement profile, on a first side and a second end comprising a projection formed on the first side with a second curved bearing surface and a second flat bearing surface formed on a second side of the elongate arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.