Rolling guide device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12038046-B2
Application number	US-202218288048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2022
Priority date	May 13, 2021
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

A rolling guide device includes a track member, a moving member, and a plurality of rolling bodies. Rolling-body rolling surfaces that come into contact with an rolling-body outer circumferential surface of a rolling body are respectively formed in wall surfaces of a pair of wall portions included in the track member facing each other, a scraper including a pressing portion that presses the rolling-body rolling surfaces is turnably installed in the moving member, the scraper includes at least an attachment portion and a pressing portion, and is formed such that a frictional force of the pressing portion with respect to the rolling-body rolling surfaces is smaller than a frictional force of the attachment portion with respect to an attachment shaft formed in the moving member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rolling guide device, comprising:
a track member that is an elongated member extending in a longitudinal direction, the track member being formed by:
an attachment surface portion serving as an attachment reference with respect to an external member; and
a pair of wall portions installed upright toward one side from each of both ends of the attachment surface portion;

a moving member installed to be movable in a reciprocal manner along the longitudinal direction of the track member; and
a plurality of rolling bodies that guide a relative reciprocal movement of the moving member with respect to the track member by being rollably disposed in a space surrounded by the attachment surface portion and the pair of wall portions forming the track member and between the track member and the moving member, wherein:
a rolling-body rolling surface that comes into contact with a rolling-body outer circumferential surface of each of the rolling bodies is formed in each of wall surfaces of the pair of wall portions facing each other;
a scraper including a pressing portion corresponding to each of the rolling-body rolling surfaces, wherein the scraper is turnably installed in the moving member, and each pressing portion presses corresponding one of the rolling-body rolling surfaces;
the scraper includes at least:
an attachment portion turnably attached to an attachment shaft formed in the moving member; and

a frictional force of each pressing portion with respect to the rolling-body rolling surface is smaller than a frictional force of the attachment portion with respect to the attachment shaft formed in the moving member.

2. The rolling guide device according to claim 1 , wherein the scraper is configured by an elastic body.

3. The rolling guide device according to claim 1 , wherein a turning center of the scraper turnably installed in the moving member is configured to be positioned in the space when the turning center is viewed from an axial direction.

4. The rolling guide device according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the rolling-body rolling surface and a shape of a section in the pressing portion that comes into contact with the rolling-body rolling surface each have a curved surface shape having a substantially same curvature.

5. The rolling guide device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the scraper includes a connection portion that connects the attachment portion and the pressing portion to each other while applying an elastic force between the attachment portion and the pressing portion; and
the elastic force of the connection portion is constantly applied in a direction in which the pressing portion presses the rolling-body rolling surface.

6. The rolling guide device according to claim 5 , wherein the attachment portion forms a substantially C shape or a substantially O shape.

7. The rolling guide device according to claim 5 , wherein the scraper forms a substantially M shape, a substantially rake shape, or a substantially wrapped-candy shape,
wherein the rake shape is formed by a straight head portion and a plurality of tines extending away from the straight head portion in substantially perpendicular direction, the tines are located on the same side of the straight head portion, and the tines includes the attachment portion and the pressing portion,
wherein the wrapped-candy shape includes a main body portion and a pair of tab portions disposed on both ends of the main body portion, each of the tab portions being connected to the main body portion via a constricted portion, the main body portion includes the attachment portion, and the tab portion includes the pressing portion.

Assignees

• Thk Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ando Yoshihiro
• Aoyagi Hitoshi
• Toba Yuki

Classifications

• F16C29/063

  with a bearing body, e.g. a carriage or part thereof, provided between the legs of a U-shaped guide rail or track · CPC title

• F16C29/04

  Ball or roller bearings · CPC title

• F16C29/045

  having rolling elements journaled in one of the moving parts · CPC title

• F16C2300/02

  General use or purpose, i.e. no use, purpose, special adaptation or modification indicated or a wide variety of uses mentioned · CPC title

• F16C29/086

  Seals being essentially U-shaped, e.g. for a U-shaped carriage · CPC title