Patent ID: 6125968
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: F16C,F16H,F16N

Abstract:
A lubricating oil supply system provided in a rolling guide apparatus having a track shaft and a slide member in engagement therewith through a rolling element for guiding a movable element fixed to the slide member along the track shaft, the lubricating oil supply system lubricating a surface of the track shaft and comprising:a supply member including a casing and a lubricating oil holding element impregnated with a lubricating oil received in the casing, said supply member being fixed to said slide member and the lubricating oil holding element being in contact with and coating said lubricating oil on the surface of the track shaft in accordance with relative movement between the slide member and the track shaft;a reservoir tank for holding said lubricating oil mounted to said movable element, said reservoir tank including an element for occluding said lubricating oil disposed within said reservoir tank and being impregnated by said lubricating oil; anda supply tube connected between said reservoir tank and said supply member and having a fiber entangling element therewithin, said fiber entangling element being in direct contact with both said lubricating oil holding element and said element for occluding said lubricating oil and thereby conducting said lubricating oil between said reservoir tank and said supply member.