Patent ID: 7771161

Claim:
Guide device with adjustable guide vanes, which guide vanes are each connected to a vane shaft pivotally mounted in bearing openings of a housing and can be turned around the vane shaft with an adjusting lever which is connected to the vane shaft and which acts on the vane shaft, the housing comprising: a radially inner housing part; and a radially outer peripheral ring, a separating joint between the radially inner housing part and the radially outer peripheral ring passing through the bearing openings, wherein the vane shaft has at least one bearing point for support in the housing, wherein the housing has a bearing opening in which the bearing point is pivotally mounted, and wherein the vane shaft is configured for insertion into the bearing opening in the radial direction through the insertion opening in the bearing opening, the insertion opening being made narrow such that, when inserted, the vane shaft will snap into the bearing opening as a resistance is overcome.