Patent ID: 7980807

Claim:
Load-handling apparatus comprising: a frame; a load movement component part accommodated on said frame in such a way that the load movement component part is capable of movement relative to the frame; and a plurality of rolling bodies that guide the load movement component part on the frame along a guide axis for the relative movement, wherein the plurality of rolling bodies comprises at least one arrangement of circulating rolling bodies having: a supporting section on which the rolling bodies, in the event of a relative movement of the frame and the load movement component part, roll along: a guide track, which is fixedly connected to one of the frame and the load movement component part; and a rolling track, which is fixedly connected to the other one of the frame and the load movement component part; and a return section in which the rolling bodies, during the relative movement of the frame and the load movement component part, move from an outlet end region of the supporting section towards an inlet end region of the supporting section; wherein the at least one arrangement of circulating rolling bodies surrounds a shaped component part having the rolling track on which the circulating rolling bodies roll in the event of a relative movement of the frame and the load movement component part; and wherein the rolling track consists of a linear track section associated with the supporting section and a track section that is entirely curvilinear associated with the return section.