Patent ID: 6227336
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B23Q,F16C

Abstract:
A linear guide with a supporting body (2) movable along a guide rail (1) and a braking device which has brake shoes (3) acting on the guide rail (1) and a piston (6) which is arranged movably in a pressure chamber (5) of the supporting body (2) by a pressure medium, whereby the braking device also has a spring (7) acting on the piston (6), characterized in that in the supporting body (2) next to the piston (6) in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail (1), pressure plates (9) are arranged which, in the state where the piston (6) is not acted upon by the pressure medium, are pressed by the spring (7) on one of the brake shoes (3) which lie on the guide rail (1).