Patent ID: 7410300
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
1. An adjusting structure for adjusting amount of lubricant applied to a linear guideway, installed at an end of a slide block on a rail, comprising: a self-lubricating oil tank, at least one lubricating unit, at least one positioning board and at least one adjusting board; wherein the self-lubricating oil tank cooperates with a sealing cover to form an enclosed inner space in which are formed an oil-storage space, a bearing seat and a lubricating space, the oil-storage space is filled with lubricating oil, at least one sidewall of the lubricating space in the self-lubricating oil tank is defined with a lubricating aperture facing the surface of the rail, the lubricating unit is disposed in the lubricating space, the lubricating unit has a lubricating protrusion that protrudes out of the lubricating aperture and comes into contact with a surface of the rail; the positioning board is sealed in the self-lubricating oil tank and positioned on the bearing seat and serves to separate the oil-storage space of the self-lubricating oil tank from the lubricating space, a plurality of oil apertures are formed in the positioning board for communicating the oil-storage space with the lubricating space; the adjusting board is slideably disposed in the oil-storage space of the self-lubricating oil tank and is superposed on the positioning board, an interval is left between the adjusting board and the oil-storage space, a plurality of oil apertures for in the adjusting board for communicating the oil-storage space with the lubricating space, and the oil apertures are shaped and located correspondingly to the oil apertures of the positioning board.