Patent ID: 11932422
Assignee: IMITEC GMBH
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 4:
5. The flexible guide rail system according to claim 1, wherein
each rail includes a guide rail and an insert and
each attachment region is equipped with guide rail attachment means to connect one end of one of the guide rails and insert attachment means to connect one end of one of the inserts), and
wherein each guide rail
has a guiding-rail-length-section with a cross-section which is u-shaped and is made of non-ferromagnetic material and
the guiding-rail-length-section includes a plurality of essentially identical guide-rail elements having a u-shaped cross-section and including first coupling means on one end and second coupling means on an opposite end and wherein the first coupling means of a first guide-rail element can couple to the second coupling means of a second guide-rail element in such a way that a pivot axis is formed around which the first and the second guide-rail element can pivot relative to each other, and
wherein each of the inserts is a flat band with a length greater than the length of the guiding-rail-length-section and a width smaller or equal to the inner u-shape width
and which includes an uninterrupted strip of ferromagnetic material along its length.