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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Hidekazu Michioka, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Yatsushiro, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Hirokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Michioka, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Yatsushiro, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Hirokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
THK Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide a long-life, highly-reliable guide apparatus which exhibits dustproof performance and prevents intrusion of dust into the moving block in environments where there are lots of fine dust such as gypsum and ceramic powder and where no oil contents or oil contents are not liked, there is provided a guide apparatus having a track rail, in which rolling-element raceway grooves-to-are formed along a longitudinal direction thereof, and a moving blockattached to the track rail by way of a plurality of rolling elements in a relatively-movable manner, wherein an end-face dustproof brush, which has a brush memberwhose tip end contacts a surface of the track railand which eliminates extraneous matters adhering to the surface of the track railby means of the brush member, is attached to outside of each of the side coverswith respect to the direction of relative movement.