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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1991
Kunihiko Morita, Koganei, JP;
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A double rail linear motion guide assembly suitable for carrying a load large in weight and size is provided. A pair of main and auxiliary guide rails are fixedly attached to a base. An inner guide groove is formed at each of the side surfaces of the main guide rail having a rectangular cross section. A U-shaped main slider provided with a pair of endless circulating paths is fixedly attached to a table and slidably mounted on the main guide rail in a straddling fashion and formed with an outer guide groove at its inner side surface. A plurality of rolling members are provided in the endless circulating paths. The auxiliary guide rail has a flat top guide surface and at least one flat bottom guide surface. An auxiliary slider having either a generally C-shaped or L-shaped cross section is fixedly attached to the table and slidably mounted on the auxiliary guide rail and is formed with endless circulating paths filled with rolling members. A predetermined gap is provided between any vertical side surface of the auxiliary guide rail and an opposite vertical side surface of the auxiliary slider to thereby allow a relative movement in the transverse direction between the auxiliary guide rail and the auxiliary slider.