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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1999
Ludwig Edelmann, Sulzthal, DE;
Andreas Geyer, Mainburg, DE;
Hermann Glöckner, Schweinfurt, DE;
Georg Hierl, Schweinfurt, DE;
Holger Kristandt, Euerbach, DE;
Uwe Mayer, Münnerstadt, DE;
Henryk Velde, Werneck, DE;
Lothar Walter, Schweinfurt, DE;
SKF Linearsysteme GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
Linear guide assembly comprising at least two guide rails, which are moveable in the longitudinal direction with respect to each other and have prismatic shaped raceways, a plurality of rolling elements guided in a cage, at least one gear wheel for the positive guidance of the cage is connected to the cage, which wheel engages in toothed racks, each of which is connected to a guide rail, the gear wheel comprising a disk, having axial projections distributed around the periphery at least one of the end surfaces and rows of uniformly spaced recesses, into which the projections on the disk can engage.