Patent ID: 8267586

Claim:
A metallic mold for injection molding a rolling element accommodating belt for a linear guide apparatus, which has an infinite circulating passage in which a plurality of rolling elements are rolling and circulating, the rolling element accommodating belt comprising: a spacer portion interposed between the rolling elements adjacent to each other; and a connecting arm portion for connecting the spacer portions to each other, wherein the rolling elements are aligned in the infinite circulating passage in an alignment direction, the metallic mold comprising: an upper mold; a lower mold; and a product configuration portion provided between the upper mold and the lower mold, wherein the rolling element accommodation belt is molded within the product configuration portion, and at least one of the upper and the lower mold has a splitting structure in which a splitting position is located at a position where an end portion of the spacer portion on at least one of inner and outer circumferential side of the infinite circulating passage is formed.