Patent ID: 7065831
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: E05D,E05Y,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sliding element suspended from and guided on top of a roller rail mounted on roller rail brackets which grip the roller rail underneath, the roller rail brackets being fixed to a substructure, the sliding element comprising: a suspended element; a plurality of support rollers or glide elements attached to the suspended element and guided on top of the roller rail in a direction of travel; and a keeper device attached to the suspended element and located underneath the roller rail, the keeper device comprising a keeper bracket and a locking element, wherein the keeper bracket has a pocket in which the locking element is mounted to pivot about a pivot axis parallel to the direction of travel, the locking element projects from the keeper bracket and is spring-loaded, in a locking direction, against the roller rail to provide a locking action which prevents the support rollers or glide elements from jumping off the roller rail, the locking element is pushed, in a release direction opposite to the locking direction, into the keeper bracket to release the locking action when the keeper device travels over a roller rail bracket, the locking element has contact surfaces which limit the pivoting of the locking element in the locking direction and the release direction, respectively, and wherein the roller rail has a central longitudinal axis, the locking element having a locking lobe which engages the roller rail toward the substructure from the central longitudinal axis.