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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigekazu Nagai, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Masahiko Someya, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Shiomi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Assignee:
SMC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384 50 ; 384 51 ; 384 54 ; 384 55 ;
Abstract
A guide mechanism has a linear guide rail, a guide block displaceable along the linear guide rail, and a roller carrier plate interposed between the linear guide rail and the guide block and having an array of rollers held in line-to-line rolling contact with a side surface of the linear guide rail. The rollers roll in line-to-line rolling contact with the side surface of the linear guide rail, thus reducing resistance to the movement of the guide block along the guide rail and minimizing wear on the rollingly contacting components.