Patent ID: 6648508
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A linear guide having a traveling carriage (1) comprising track rollers (11) for support and for rolling along a guide rail (5), said track rollers (11), each of which rolls on the guide rail (5), being mounted in pairs for rotation on a first support (7) that is arranged on a first carriage plate (2) of the traveling carriage (1), said traveling carriage (1) comprising a further carriage plate (3) with a second support (14) arranged thereon, and track rollers (17) rotatably mounted on said second support (14) for rolling on a further guide rail (6), the two guide rails (5, 6) being parallel to each other and fixed on two longitudinal sides of a central rail support (4), characterized in that the traveling carriage (1) is configured as a pivoted bolster carriage in which the first support (7) is pivotally mounted on the first carriage plate (2) and the second support (14) is pivotally mounted on the further carriage plate (3), the rotatable mounting of the track rollers (11) that are retained by the first carriage plate (2) through the first support (7) being configured as a fixed bearing, while the rotatable mounting of the track rollers (17) that are retained by the further carriage plate (3) through the second support (14) is configured as a movable bearing.