Patent ID: 9568045
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: B66B,F16C

Claim:
1. A support and guide device, comprising: a plurality of track rails arranged in series so as to form a guide track; and a moving block configured to travel along the guide track, wherein each of the plurality of track rails has a guide surface formed along a longitudinal direction of the each of the plurality of track rails, wherein the moving block comprises contact elements configured to travel on the guide surface of the each of the plurality of track rails, wherein the each of the plurality of track rails has auxiliary sliding surfaces formed on both end portions of the each of the plurality of track rails in the longitudinal direction, the auxiliary sliding surfaces being formed side by side with the guide surface and being inclined with respect to the guide surface, and wherein the moving block comprises leading sliding portions each configured to face one of the auxiliary sliding surfaces of the each of the plurality of track rails when the moving block reaches one of the end portions of the each of the plurality of track rails in the longitudinal direction.