| US 7,465,095 B2 | ||
| Linear motion guide unit | ||
| Norimasa Agari, Mino (Japan); Toyohisa Ishihara, Mino (Japan); and Kazue Furuta, Mino (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/354,988. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-083571 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0215943 A1, Sep. 28, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16C 29/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 384—45 [384/13] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A linear motion guide unit comprising:
a guide rail having a first lengthwise raceway groove thereon, and a slider having a carriage made therein with a second raceway
groove in opposition to the first raceway groove, the slider being allowed to move lengthwise of the guide rail by virtue
of a plurality of rolling elements,
wherein the carriage includes a tubular member having a return passage which allows the rolling element to roll through the
return passage,
a cartridge having a cellular structure which forms a lubricant reservoir that maintains a lubricant therein which oozes through
the cartridge into a leading member,
wherein the tubular member has a cellular structure adapted to be impregnated with the lubricant which is sequentially applied
to the tubular member to lubricate the rolling members,
wherein the leading member serves to move the lubricant directly from the lubricant reservoir to the tubular member,
wherein the cartridge is made of a sintered resin shaped in a tubular construction,
wherein the leading member is made of a staple compact of synthetic resin long-fibers and arranged to abut an outside surface
of the cartridge and an outside surface of the tubular member so as to be spaced apart from the rolling elements, and
wherein the cartridge has holes to respectively receive the tubular member, lubricant reservoir and leading member.
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