Patent ID: 6805488
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A linear guide rail holding device for holding a linear guide rail along a linearly extending vertical reference face formed on an installation surface, said linear guide rail having a first side and a second side opposite said first side, said holding device comprising:a pressure contact plate rotatable about a rotational axis thereof and having a lower surface engageable with said installation surface, an upper surface, and a peripheral side surface formed between said lower and upper surfaces, said peripheral side surface having an engaging face pressingly engageable with said first side of said linear guide rail to press said second side thereof against said vertical reference face, said pressure contact plate being shaped such that the distance from said rotational axis to said engaging face gradually increases in a circumferential direction of said engaging face, a circular boss formed on said lower surface of said pressure contact plate and having a central axis coinciding with said rotational axis, a screw insertion hole formed along the central axis of said circular boss, and a screw insertible through said screw insertion hole, said installation surface having a fitting hole including a circular boss hole into which said circular boss is fittingly eangageable and a female thread hole which is formed coaxially with said circular boss hole and with which said screw is threadedly engageable.