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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Wen Chia Wu, Taichung, TW;
Wen Chia Wu, Taichung, TW;
Hiwin Technologies Corp., Taichung, TW;
Abstract
A ball screw device includes an elongated screw shaft and a ball nut having helical grooves for receiving ball bearing members, a housing is attached to the ball nut and includes a bore for receiving the screw shaft, and includes one or more slots communicative with the bore of the housing, and one or more wiper members are changeably engaged into the slots of the housing and include a wiper element engaged into the bore of the housing for engaging into the groove of the screw shaft and for removing or wiping off the dirt from the helical groove of the screw shaft and for preventing the ball nut and the screw shaft from being damaged by the dirt.