Abstract: A linear unit (1) comprising a profiled rail (2) along which a carriage (3) is arranged for sliding motion backwards and forwards by means of a reversible screw (4) which actuates the carriage and on either side of the carriage passes through a bore (7) in a screw support (8). A pull rod (24) displaces the screw support backwards and forwards along the profiled rail between to end stop positions, and the screw support serves as a support bearing carrying the screw between bearings (10) supporting the screw at its ends. A self-centering device for automatic centering of the screw in the screw support is formed with a self-centering element (11) mounted in the screw-support bore, said element slidingly abutting against the screw both when the screw is rotating in either one of its directions of rotation and when the screw support assumes its end stop positions.

Abstract: A linear unit (1) comprising a profiled rail (2) along which a carriage (3) is arranged for sliding motion backwards and forwards by means of a reversible screw (4) which actuates the carriage and on either side of the carriage passes through a bore (7) in a screw support (8). A pull rod (24) displaces the screw support backwards and forwards along the profiled rail between to end stop positions, and the screw support serves as a support bearing carrying the screw between bearings (10) supporting the screw at its ends. A self-centering device for automatic centering of the screw in the screw support is formed with a self-centering element (11) mounted in the screw-support bore, said element slidingly abutting against the screw both when the screw is rotating in either one of its directions of rotation and when the screw support assumes its end stop positions.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device in linear actuators comprising a carriage (1) which is guided for movement on or in a rail by means of rotatable threaded spindle (3) extending in the longitudinal direction of the rail. The spindle runs freely through at least one screw support (2, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23) which serves as a bearing supporting the spindle (3) intermediate the ends thereof. The carriage (1) and the screw support (2, 17, 18, 21, 22) are provided with interacting locking means (4, 5, 6, 7) arranged to cause said screw support (2, 17, 18, 21, 22) to be brought along by said carriage (1) during part of the movement of the latter along the spindle (3). In addition. means (11, 19, 28, 29) are provided for releasing the carriage (1) and the screw support (2, 17, 18, 21, 22) from one another as they pass said means while at the same time the secure the screw support (2, 17, 18, 21, 22) in the position into which it has been moved.

Abstract: A bearing device in such linear actuators which comprises an elongated hollow profile rail, in which a slide member can be moved backwards and forwards along flat guiding surfaces in the hollow profile rail. In pairs, the guiding surfaces form an angle with one another. Between the hollow profile rail and the slide member are slide bushings arranged in pairs. The slide bushings each include a flat face that abuts against the guiding surfaces of the hollow profile rail, and a curved face that abuts against a correspondingly configured seat in the slide member.