Patent ID: 8632248
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. A linear guide device comprising: a guide rail, a slider mounted straddling the guide rail and moving relatively on the guide rail, and a side seal attached to an end face of the slider in a moving direction of the slider; wherein: the side seal comprises a retainer plate having contact with the end face, a cover member overlapped with the retainer plate in a thickness direction of the retainer plate, and a seal member arranged between the retainer plate and the cover member, the seal member is a member comprising a lip having contact with a guide face of the guide rail, a seal base, a first extension section smaller in thickness than the seal base, and a first locking section greater in thickness than the first extension section, which are all formed to be continuous from the guide face in a cross-sectional direction apart from the guide face, the retainer plate comprises a base accommodating concave section that comprises a thickness directional alignment section and a cross-sectional direction alignment section and accommodates the seal base, and a first engagement concave section for accommodating the first locking section and controls a movement of the first locking section in the cross-sectional direction, and when the lip slides on the guide face of the guide rail and the slider moves, the seal base comes into contact with the thickness directional alignment section and the cross-sectional direction alignment section of the base accommodating concave section and controls a movement in a thickness direction and the movement in the cross-sectional direction, and the first locking section is accommodated in the first engagement concave section, and wherein the first locking section is separated by a gap from the first engagement concave section in both of the thickness and the cross-sectional directions.