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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7494281 | Slide type guide mechanism A slide type guide mechanism in which an adjusting screw member for eliminating looseness can be automatically tightened. The slide type guide mechanism includes a guide 22 which is provided with a guide groove 30 having a first guide side surface 2... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7431503 | Bearing support structure for actuator A slider is displaceable in an axial direction on guide sections of a cylinder tube. Bearings are installed with the slider, so that the bearings are opposed to the guide sections. Bearings are also installed on first and second bearing support members, which are pr... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7371009 | Split gib mounting arrangement for drilling components Apparatus and methods are provided for assisting in mounting a wear pad to a drilling machine. A gib is split longitudinally into at least first and second portions creating a channel for receiving the wear pad. A portion of the wear pad may include a tenon, such as... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7237448 | Linear guide unit In a linear guide unit that has an elongated guide housing which limits a guide hollow space with a longitudinal opening, a wagon arrangement which is displaceably guided in the guide hollow space on guide rails, a connection part for connecting the wagon arrangemen... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7207432 | Linear motion drive system and rail holder The linear motion drive system is capable of optionally changing a position of a linear rail with respect to a pedestal. The linear motion drive system comprises: a pedestal section; a linear rail arranged in parallel with respect to the pedestal section; a rail hol... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156558 | Linear motion drive system The linear motion drive system is capable of automatically remove a clearance between a moving body and a linear shaft when the moving body and/or the linear shaft is abraded. The linear motion drive system comprises: the moving body linearly and reciprocally moved ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7111549 | T-gib dynamic balancer weight guide A guide system is provided to slidingly guide a reciprocating dynamic balancer weight within a press machine. An elongate stationary guide rail is disposed within a vertical channel formed at one side of the balancer mass. In this configuration, the guide rail is ar... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7062985 | Linear guide unit In a linear guide unit that has an elongated guide housing which limits a guide hollow space with a longitudinal opening, a wagon arrangement which is displaceably guided in the guide hollow space on guide rails, a connection part for connecting the wagon arrangemen... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6960022 | Macrocomposite guideway and gib produced therefrom A “hybrid” or macrocomposite guideway, wherein the “traditional” or existing guideway material (e.g., hardened steel) is maintained as the wear resistant, low friction surface intended to be in physical contact with one or more bearings, and further wherein ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6880974 | Linear guide A linear guide comprises a linear guide comprises a rail having a plurality of running tracks, a carriage having at least one sliding element positioned opposite at least one of the running tracks, and an adjuster positioned between the at least one sliding element ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6688216 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the gib-slide clearance using a pressurized chamber combination A feedback control system for use in a press machine is adapted to monitor and adjust the clearance between the gib and slide. A pressurized chamber, such as a hydraulic piston-cylinder combination is disposed in actuating relationship to the gib. Selecti... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6666134 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the gib-slide clearance using a thermal treatment process A feedback control system for use in a press machine is adapted to monitor and adjust the clearance between the gib and slide. A connection bolt provides a connection between the gib and frame upright. A thermal applicator selectively heats and/or cools t... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6658999 | Linear inflatable press guide seal An apparatus which forms a controlled engageable low maintenance seal between the slide and the gib of a mechanical press and which prevents lubricant from exiting the area between the slide and the gib and entering the die space. The sealing arrangement ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6524092 | Slide guide device, knockout device, and press machine using the same A middle liner of a slide guide device for a machine press has a spherical shaped side which fits into a sliding gib attached to a slide. The middle liner slides along a fixed gib at first and second linear surfaces that are at an angle with each other. T... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6485178 | Linear unit with a sliding guide for a slide A linear unit (10, 10a, 10b) with a sliding guide (10) for a carriage (16, 16a, 16b) on a guide profile (12, 12a) is proposed. Slide elements (14, 14b, 14c, 14d) are fixable to the carriage (16, 16a, 16b). By means of a recess (50) in the carriage (16, 16... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6030125 | Wear compensating precision gib incorporating linear slide assemblies and methods of constructing them A wear compensating, precision, linear slide assembly comprises a slide support having a base and an elongate guide rail. The rail has flat longitudinal exterior side walls convergently inclined toward the base and a slide has a guide rail receiving slot ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5909705 | Vacuum seal for slide guiding A mechanism for guiding and controlling the clearance of slides of single or multiple slide mechanical presses. A novel gib mount assembly with at least one substantially flat bearing surface is utilized adjacent a portion of a slide to control clearance ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5775212 | Guide gib structure for press slide of mechanical press for metal working A guide gib 3 is mounted on a upright 2 in such a manner that an inclined sliding surface 1b of a slide 1 is in sliding contact with an inclined guide surface 3a of the guide gib 3. Inclined surfaces 3f are formed in a rear surface 3c of the guide gib 3, ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5685510 | Height adjustment system for a desk or workstation A height adjustment system for a desk, workstation or the like is provided comprising a plurality of height adjustable legs each having a first part in the form of a hollow column and a second part movable relative to the first part in a vertical directio... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5592728 | Slide assembly for machine tools and method of making same A slide assembly for a machine tool generally consisting of a first member having at least one guide slot disposed parallel to a given line of travel, provided with at least one wall portion, a second member disposed in a predetermined spatial relation re... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5096348 | Machine tool A machine tool is equipped with a machine bed (10) and a carriage (23) of a headstock which is guided linearly on the said bed. To this end, the machine bed is provided with a guide rail (11), while the carriage (23) is equipped with a shoe (20) running o... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5058253 | Machine tool A machine tool comprises two motion units, in particular a spindle stock and a machine bed, arranged for being displaced relative to each other along one axis. A guideway is fixed to a first motion unit for guiding the displaceable motion unit, a first su... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4957376 | Linear bearing with a height adjustment mechanism A linear bearing (20) with a height adjustment mechanism (58) including a stud (64) fixed to the bearing (20) and a tubular bushing (72) received over the stud (64) and mating with a threaded bore (86) in an end wall (88) of a mounting structure (12). A r... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4940339 | Endless rectilinear motion rolling guide unit An endless rectilinear motion rolling guide unit is provided, consisting of a track rail, a slide unit straddling said track rail and a plurality of cylindrical rollers intervened between the two members, so that said slide unit can make a rectilinear mov... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4719785 | Method and apparatus for guiding a billet into a pressure-piercing rolling mill A method is disclosed wherein, to guide a billet into a pressure-piercing mill, the same pusher is utilized as is normally provided to force the billet through the nip of the mill rolls.... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4702621 | Bearing arrangement for a feeding device for a drilling machine A bearing arrangement for a feeding device for a drilling machine, comprising a feeding beam (1) provided with longitudinal guides (6), a carriage supporting a drilling machine (3) and provided with guide surfaces in slidable engagement with the guides, a... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4685366 | Holdfast cutting system Lightweight, portable apparatus for cutting a wide range of materials available in sheet form, such as matboard, glass, light plastic, and leather. The invention lies in the unification of its cutting tool guide tract with the means of fixing in place the... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4652146 | Gibs for elevator guide shoes A two piece (gib), U-shaped sliding shoe is disclosed. One gib (30) includes a first long flat plastic member (33) of length L, having an inside surface (34), an outside surface (36), an upper edge (38), a lower edge (40), a front edge (42), a back edge (... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4630944 | Gib for machine tool A gib (10) for a machine tool is insertable into a space between a machine tool carriage (42) and the positive way face (40) of a set of machine tool ways (44,96) supporting the carriage (42) for rectilinear movement. The gib (10) includes a body (12) hav... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4626299 | Method of attaching guideways to a machine tool bed A fixture (50) is used to precisely locate the horizontal (20, 30) and vertical (10) guideways on the bed (40) of a grinding machine. After locating the guideways (10, 20, 30), a bonding material (70) is placed in the spaces (1, 2, 3) between the guideway... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4570516 | Mat board cutter with wear adjustable cutter-carrying body A mat board cutter including a cutter-carrying body having an end-to-end channel receiving a guide rail on which the body is slideably mounted. A plurality of slippery polymeric wear buttons project from a bottom surface of the body and bear against an up... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4515414 | Automatic adjusting gib assembly An automatically compensating gib assembly includes spring loaded pins resiliently biased outwardly from longitudinal bores at each end of a movable gib element. End caps fixedly mounted at each end of a mating fixed gib element are provided with enlarged... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4504096 | Self-adjusting gib for machine tools and the like A machine tool bed has guideway rails. A slide is mounted to the rails and has gib blocks spaced along the length of the slide and engaging the rails. The gib blocks are spring loaded to maintain them engaged with the guide rails at all times to provide z... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4489924 | Hydraulically actuated clamping table assembly A quick-set hydraulic work holding clamping table assembly including an elongated stationary rigid base member having a front control portion, a pair of stationary transversely spaced flat lateral platen sections flanking an elongated dovetail slide chann... | 12/25/1984 |
| 3953086 | Gib A tapered gib for use in machine tools is composed entirely of a plastic material such as an acetal resin containing uniformly dispersed, finely divided particles of polytetrafluoroethylene so as to provide reduced friction. The surface of the gib in cont... | 04/27/1976 |
