Patent ID: 6692390
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A plastic guide for a transmission device having a driving device, a driven device and a traveling run extending between said devices, comprising:a guide body made of a synthetic resin, said guide body comprising a shoe having a front surface for sliding contact with said traveling run, said body extending longitudinally in back of said front surface, said body having a slit formed longitudinally thereof, said slit having an opening in one portion of said body; a separate reinforcing plate operable to be advanced into a home position in said slit through said opening, wherein at least one window is formed in said body, said window having a first edge adjacent said opening and a second edge spaced from said first edge away from said opening, a tongue piece extending from said first edge toward said second edge and terminating in a retaining portion, said retaining portion operable to project into said slit, and at least one recess in said reinforcing plate operable to register with said at least one window when in said home position, the advance of said plate into said slit deflecting said tongue piece and engaging said retaining portion into said recess.