Patent ID: 6401867
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B23Q,F16C

Abstract:
A lubricant supplying system mounted on a slide member engaging a track shaft through rolling bodies for applying lubricant to said track shaft with a relative motion between the slide member and track shaft, said lubricant supplying system comprising:a casing fixed to said slide member; a plurality of coating pieces which are protruded from plural positions of the casing so that said plurality of coating pieces are in contact with said track shaft for coating said track shaft with lubricant; plural lubricant accommodating chambers provided in said casing for supplying lubricant to said plurality of coating pieces; an absorbing body for absorbing and storing lubricant; and an oil amount control means for controlling an amount of lubricant to be supplied from said absorbing body to at least one of the plurality of the coating pieces, wherein at least one of the plurality of the coating pieces and the absorbing body are formed on opposite sides of the oil amount control means, wherein the plurality of said coating pieces are divided into groups, each group comprising at least one coating piece and separate said lubricant accommodating chambers are formed for each of the groups, and wherein each said lubricant accommodating chamber contains said separate absorbing body.