Abstract: 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 and the carriage. The sliding element has an inclined surface that faces away from the at least one running track and extends at an angle with respect to a travel direction of the carriage. The inclined surface has a plurality of first steps. The adjuster is shiftable in the travel direction and has an adjuster surface with a plurality of second steps that rest in shiftable fashion against the plurality of first steps. The adjuster is biased in a biasing direction against the sliding element such that the second plurality of steps can slide over the first plurality of steps as the sliding element moves in the travel direction.

Abstract: A formed bearing assembly and a method of making the bearing is provided. The bearing assembly includes a housing and a bearing space formed therein. A slide is disposed within the bearing space and is movable along its longitudinal extent. A bearing is formed in the bearing space between the housing and the slide. The bearing is a solid, formed in the bearing space while in liquid state. At least a portion of the bearing forms the shape of at least a portion of the slide.

Abstract: A guide rail (2) for a driver (4) which can be driven and which is coupled to a vehicle component, especially a sliding roof cover, with a guide channel (8) for holding an elongated, axially movable drive element (19) and with a guide (7) for movably supporting the driver (4) which is connected to the drive element (19), the guide channel (8) fitting around the drive element (19) and being formed of surrounding parts that alternate in the axial direction on different sides, on one of the sides the respective surrounding parts being interrupted so as to form a continuous slot (14) in which a connecting part (18) which connects the drive element (19) to the driver (4) is movably held.

Abstract: A sliding bearing for axial and/or radial arrangement of a first bearing member in relation to a second bearing member, comprises a second bearing member, which has a bearing recess provided with a second slide face; a first bearing member, which is lodged in the bearing recess and which is mounted axially and/or radially, the first bearing member having a first slide face, which is opposite the second slide face and spaced therefrom by a clearance; at least one sliding/guiding element, which is disposed between the first and the second bearing members and fixed in relation to one bearing member, for guidance of a motion of the first relative to the second bearing member; an equalizing compound, which is disposed between the at least one sliding/guiding element and the bearing member relative to which is fixed the at least one sliding/guiding element, for adaptation of the guide clearance between the at least one sliding/guiding element and the slide face that is displaceable in relation thereto, the equalizi

Abstract: A low-friction device having a moving interface comprising first and second members. Each of the members has a maximum dimension of about 100 &mgr;m or less between any two points. At least the first member is formed of diamond and the first and second members are in sliding contact or meshing contact.

Abstract: The adjustable pedal assembly (10) and (12) is characterized by a bushing (50) having a circumferentially flexible configuration for minimizing cocking movement of a pedal lever hub (36) relative to a guide rod. The bushing (50) includes peaks (56) and valleys (58) extending parallel to the bushing axis (B). The bushing (50) includes a pair of bearing straps (60,64) extending partially about the bushing (50) and have a radial thickness filling the radial distance between the peaks (56) and valleys (58). The bearing straps (60,64) are aligned to extend across the axis of the pedal lever (38) for reacting to loads placed on the hub (36) by the pedal lever (38). The bushing (50) includes a slit (62,66) extending circumferentially adjacent each of the straps (60,64) to allow the peaks (56) and valleys (58) to move circumferentially independently of the straps (60,64).

Abstract: This bearing for a motor fuel pump is made of a graphite dispersion type Cu-based sintered alloy with a composition consisting essentially of 20 to 40% by weight of Ni, 0.1 to 0.9% by weight of P and 1 to 8% by weight of C, and the balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, the graphite dispersion type Cu-based sintered alloy having a porosity of 5 to 25%.

Abstract: A bearing assembly is disclosed, which comprises at least two slidable fasteners interengaged with at least two bearing pieces such that the slidable fasteners have substantially unrestricted biaxial motion relative to one another. The bearing pieces are comprised of self-closable fastener film comprising a base sheet and a multiplicity of ribs projecting from the base sheet, wherein the flat side of the first bearing piece is attached to the flat side of the second bearing piece such that the ribs of the first bearing piece are not parallel relative to the ribs of the second bearing piece.

Abstract: A linear bearing assembly including a bearing slide with a multiple-sided cavity, such as a U-shaped cavity, with at least one bearing pad mounted to each wall thereof is disclosed. Each bearing pad may be adjustably secured with respect to a wall of the cavity with one or more retention members and one or more adjustment elements carried by the bearing slide and cooperating with the bearing pad. A method of adjusting bearing pad fit and a method of adjusting abutting force to a bearing pad in a linear bearing assembly are also disclosed.

Abstract: A slide guide device for a press guides a slide in a cycle. The slide guide device eliminates eccentric force misalignment and prevents eccentric contact between the slide and a gib. The slide includes at least a first spherical shoe having at least a first guide surface. The gib includes at least a first sliding surface opposite the first guide surface. During operation, the spherical shoe rotates relative to the slide to provide automatic planar alignment between the first guide surface and the sliding surface. A wedge supports the gib to allow rapid and easy alignment with the slide.

Abstract: A shaft bushing for an actuator cylinder includes a removeable, non-cylindrical lined sleeve bearing configured to a flat sided shaft. Interlocking inserts are captured in windows in the outer bushing wall. These engage flat outer sides of the bearing and keep it and the shaft from rotating. A shaft wiper secures the sleeve bearing but is removable for replacement of the bearing.

Abstract: A slider system for a profiled bar (10.1), especially a bar of extruded light metal, which, is provided in predefined cross-sectional system axes (A, B) with an undercut longitudinal groove (12) on a respective side or at least one outer side having a predefined width (B1). At least one slider profile section (20.1) is connected to the profiled bar and is able to be displaced in the direction of said profiled bar. The invention is characterized in that at least one slider profile (20.1) having at least one undercut inner longitudinal groove (22) which is arranged on one of the cross-sectional system axes (A, B) when the slider profile (20.1) is connected to the profiled bar, and by at least one sliding guide profile (14) which engages with the longitudinal groove (12) of the profiled bar (10.1) and the corresponding opposite inner longitudinal groove (12) of the slider profile (20.1) from the rear.

Abstract: A trailer bunk cover assembly designed to not only protect boat hulls during launching and loading from the trailer, but also to protect the trailer's bunks from becoming worn down with use. The bunk cover assembly includes a main body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. When mounted to the trailer bunk, the lower surface of the main body portion is in contact with the top surface of the trailer bunk. When a boat is loaded on the boat trailer, the hull of the boat rests on the upper surface of the main body portion. The cover assembly further includes first and second side panels that extend downward from the main body portion. The side panels cooperate to help position the main body portion against the top surface of the trailer bunk. The side panels respectively include a plurality of apertures. Attachment screws that act as a securing means to hold the cover assembly in place on the top surface of the trailer bunk.

Abstract: Bearing members project upwardly from a vibrating table with frusto-conical surfaces tapering upwardly to engage in corresponding frusto-conical sockets disposed in the bottom of a container of sand to be compacted. The frusto-conical sockets are formed of a material resistant to wear. The bearing members each comprise a body of wearable material which forms the frusto-conical surface. Each wearable body is fixed to the vibrating table by a respective releasable fastening element elongated in a vertical direction and having an upper head shaped to transmit and distribute a compression pre-load into the body.

Abstract: A novel linear guide plain bearing has a guide rail with rail-grooves formed respectively in opposite side surfaces thereof, and a slider with slider-ridges formed respectively on opposed inner side surfaces thereof. The slider is mounted in a straddling manner on the guide rail for sliding movement therealong. Each of the guide-grooves has a Gothic arch cross-sectional shape while each of the slider-ridges has a circular arch cross-sectional shape. The slider slides relative to the guide rail in an axial line contact condition. A solid lubricant-containing resin coating is formed on each of the slider-ridges, whereby the sliding resistance and sliding noise can be reduced more efficiently.

Abstract: A conformal bearing assembly includes an bearing housing, an elastomeric member and a bearing element. The bearing assembly is mounted between and inner and outer telescopic member. The elastomeric member allows the bearing element to substantially conform to the adjacent telescopic member irrespective of minor manufacturing inconsistencies along the adjacent telescopic member. Contact pressure between the bearing element and the adjacent telescopic member is thereby more evenly distributed which minimizes regions of interference and or clearance which may otherwise result in undesirable wear characteristics of the telescopic system.

Abstract: 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. The combination of self-alignment and smooth movement of the slide is achieved in the presence of an eccentric load acting on the slide. A machine press equipped with such a slide guide device has excellent eccentric load resistance and high working precision. In a further embodiment, a press machine is further equipped with a knockout device having knockout block moving between a pair of guide rails. A plurality of middle liners, each having at least one spherical surface, are positioned between the knockout block and the guide rails. The resulting knockout device provides a stable knockout load with low noise and low energy consumption.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sliding bearing having an excellent initial conformability and seizure resistance as well as desired durability and heat resistance required particularly for high speed engine.

Abstract: The bearing comprises a metal backing, a sintered layer on said metal backing, and a lining layer infiltrated into pores of the sintered layer and standing proud thereof to provide a bearing surface. The lining layer comprises polytetrafluoroethylene including 2 to 10% by volume of fibrillated aramid fibres.

Abstract: 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, 16a, 16b), an adjusting element (52) can be guided that engages a recess (48, 74) which is embodied in the slide elements (14, 14b, 14c, 14d). As a result, the slide elements (14, 14b, 14c, 14d) can move transversely to the guide direction of the guide profile (12, 12a), and as a result the play of the sliding guide (27, 27a, 27b) can be adjusted.

Abstract: A control lever for a work vehicle having a work implement is provided with a shaft that operates a control linkage. The shaft and control linkage control two functions of the work implement by manipulating two hydraulic control valves. The shaft can be moved in two orthogonal directions or arcs. To prevent cross talk between the control functions the control lever is prevented from twisting by a stub shaft that is received in an elongated slot. The side walls of the elongated slot restrain the twisting movement of the control lever. The elongated slot is provided with a U-shaped slider made of an anti-friction material such as slippery urethane plastic. The U-shaped slider has legs that conform to the side walls of the elongated slot. That portion of the stub shaft located in the elongated slot has a cylindrical configuration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide trough for energy guiding chains, where the guide trough has parallel lateral guide elements and bottom guide elements, where the lateral guide elements are spaced apart laterally, where an energy guiding chain can be arranged in the guide trough and deposited between the lateral guide elements and on the bottom guide elements, and where a support structure with support elements is provided, on which the guide elements can be mounted, and where mounting devices for mounting the support elements on an essentially vertical surface are provided. In order to devise a guide trough which is of simple design and can be mounted on a vertical surface with minimal assembly, a guide trough is provided in which the support elements, and at least one guide element, selected from the group consisting of lateral and bottom guide element, have corresponding, integrally moulded means for mounting on one another.

Abstract: In a linear guide unit comprising a guide housing configured as a profiled girder having a bottom wall and a side wall, said bottom and side walls defining empty guide space and forming an angle of less than 180° with each other in cross-section, a guide rail fixed on one of the bottom wall and the side wall, said guide rail being partially surrounded by at least one sliding traveler supported thereon, and a carriage plate fixed on the traveler and projecting out of a longitudinal opening of the empty guide space, said carriage plate having a connecting surface for connection to a connecting structure that is to be moved in a longitudinal direction of the guide housing, for a further delimitation of the empty guide space, a cover sheet is detachably fixed on the side wall in an end region of the side wall opposing the bottom wall, the longitudinal opening for the carriage plate being arranged between a free end region of the cover sheet and the bottom wall.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bearing material, a bearing material and a bearing having the bearing material on a strong backing are described.

Abstract: A guide rail assembly for guiding drive elements and guide elements of an openable roof part of a motor vehicle, the guide rail assembly including a guide rail of metal with a cut edge on an end of the guide rail, and a protective cap on the end of the guide rail. The protective cap covers the cut edge of the end and has an inside wall which flushes aligns with an inside wall of the guide rail to thereby provide a flush and continuous surface. The protective cap is preferably made of plastic and plugged onto the end of the guide rail. The protective cap preferably includes a locking mechanism and an inwardly pointing face. The protective cap also includes insertion bevels which extends to an outwardly pointing face the protective cap and may further include an integrally molded a centering journal. In another embodiment, the guide rail may also include a lengthwise crosspiece, and the protective cap includes a corresponding extension.

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a sliding mechanism in which the potential for erosion of bearing surfaces is significantly reduced. The bearing assembly includes a cylindrical bearing that engages the bearing surface of a slide as it slidably moves with respect to the bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is configured such that rotation of the cylindrical bearing is in no way restricted and at no time is an edge or end of the cylindrical bearing engaged with the bearing surface of the slide.

Abstract: A clearance-adjusting mechanism is provided so that a clearance in a circumferential direction between an inner wall surface of a boss section and an outer wall surface of a spline shaft section is adjusted in such a way that a first spline shaft member and a second spline shaft member, which are divided into two, are rotated and displaced in mutually opposite directions about a center of rotation of an axis.

Abstract: When a guide block 20 is located on each of both ends of a guide rail 18, rollers 50 are situated at a position where they are supported by hard supporting members 28a and 28b of a rail member 36, so that the guide block 20 is positioned at a predetermined position precisely. On the other hand, when the guide block 20 is located at a position in the vicinity of a center of the guide rail 18, the rail member 36 is slightly bent by elasticity of an elastic supporting member 32 in spite of lowering of a position precision in the vicinity of the guide rail 18 due to a warp, a distortion, a bend and the like. Thus, an overload applied to the foregoing rail member 36 and the like is relieved.

Abstract: A bearing rail system for load-bearing transfer devices which includes a pair of split rail sections that are designed and configured to engage and lock together when manipulated in a rail channel. The rail channel can be provided in a support structure which functions as a guide for a load-bearing transfer system. The split rail sections include cooperating pivotal structures which can engage one another and about which the split rail sections can be pivoted so as to expand the overall or effective base of the rail system. By positioning the split rail sections in a rail channel and pivoting them about one another, the overall or effective base can be expanded to secure the rail system in the rail channel.

Abstract: An adjustable rip fence for a machine tool has a stationary rail and a movable rail. The fence is mounted to the movable rail. A set of shims are located between the two rails in order to eliminate any play between the two rails. The shims are sized such that the shims associated with the movable rail are able to pass over the shims associated with the stationary rail to provide complete adjustability to the movable rail and thus the fence.

Abstract: Bearing members project upwardly from a vibrating table with frusto-conical surfaces tapering upwardly to engage in corresponding frusto-conical sockets disposed in the bottom of a container of sand to be compacted. The frusto-conical sockets are formed of a material resistant to wear. The bearing members each comprise a body of wearable material which forms the frusto-conical surface. Each wearable body is fixed to the vibrating table by means of a respective releasable fastening element elongated in a vertical direction and having an upper head shaped to transmit and distribute a compression pre-load into the body.

Abstract: A slide guide unit wherein the nut member for applying a driving force to the slider and a sliding contact member for supporting the slider in motion with respect to the track rail are firmly fixed to the slider and which may be manufactured simply at low cost without increasing the number of components. The slide guide unit is characterized in that the slider is composed of a metallic core block having a mounting surface for a movable body and a resin portion built around the core block by molding, and in that the sliding contact member in sliding contact with the track rail and the nut portion in which the screw shaft is screwed are formed in a single resin piece.

Abstract: A linear motor comprising a linearly-extensive stator (1) supporting a translator (2), the stator providing in operation a squeezing force across the translator in a direction approximately orthogonal to the line of the stator, and the translator either having along its movement direction a slightly tapered profile or being mounted on the stator by force-transmitting bearings (3) that when so squeezed deform to become slightly tapered, the effect being to produce a resultant force on the translator that is along the line of the stator. The utilisation of a resilient toroidal bearing member (103) fitted inside and co-axially with a tubular passageway (108) in an outer, sleeve-like bearing body (101) through which an inner bearing body (102) is free to slide. The inner body is then fitted through the toroid, all three components thus being co-axially aligned.

Abstract: The technical field of the invention broadly relates to molding systems, and more particularly to a flexible shoe assembly for use in a molding system. The clamp unit of a molding system includes a moving platen and a stationary platen supported by a frame. Tie bars interconnect the moving platen with the stationary platen. The tie bars are secured to the stationary platen and pass through respective openings in the moving platen. Each tie bar is supported and guided within their respective openings by a flexible shoe assembly and wear pad. The flexible shoe assembly has a force redirector for directing force away from a peripheral edge of the wear pad towards a central force area. The flexible shoe assembly also includes a load distributor to distribute the load across the wear pad surface. The flexible shoe assembly includes an upper support that is flexible about a lower support to keep the wear pad in operational contact with the tie bar.

Abstract: A linear slide assembly which includes a pair of parallel stationary ways and a carriage. A pair of parallel traveling ways are mounted to the carriage. One traveling way is mounted to the carriage by a fixed mounting and the other is mounted to the carriage by a laterally-compliant mounting. The laterally-compliant mounting includes a compliant mounting bar mounted to the carriage with flexures that allow some lateral movement. The compliant mounting also includes a stop that limits the lateral movement of the compliant traveling way.

Abstract: The device allows a lateral bearing block of a roller in a roller group for supporting and moving an endless moved web to be adjusted. The endless web may be a traveling screen, conveyor belt or the like in papermaking plant. When the slide carrying the lateral bearing block is displaced by an actuator along at least one guide rail, it is displaced relative to a frame in the conveying direction of the roller section. As a result, the angular orientation of the rotational axis of the roller mounted in the bearing block is varied. A sliding element is releasably fastened to the slide. The sliding element, which is produced from a highly slideable material, is disposed between the slide and the at least one guide rail.

Abstract: This apparatus relates to improved replaceable wear shoes for use with the slide guides of rear-loading refuse trucks.

Abstract: First and second sliding parts of a sliding mechanism slide relative to each other. The first sliding part is held in a recess of a metal holding member, which is bounded by an inner wall that meets an open end of the recess along an edge. The first sliding part has a first side surface portion that contacts the inner wall in the recess away from the edge, and a second side surface portion displaced inwardly away from the inner wall so as not to contact the holding member at the edge. By this structure, generation of stress concentration on the sliding part can be avoided.

Abstract: A base beam for formation of a horizontal and vertical, rod-like framework for use in clamping workpieces to be measured, includes a main body defined by a substantially square cross section and having drawn-in flanks formed centrally with a rib, and a carriage detachably securable on the main body for displacement longitudinally in direction of the main body, with the carriage having at least one side formed with one or more precision bores.

Abstract: A sunroof device for vehicles uses rods in place of the cable, which is inserted in a guide rail in the convention sunroof device. In addition to guide members, a shoe is provided at a predetermined position on each rod such that the shoe is located closer to the inner wall of the guide rail than the outer peripheral surface of the rod when viewed in cross section.

Abstract: A guide link for a slide-and-lift sunroof construction for motor vehicles has a guide slot area, whose slot width is constricted by a resilient or resiliently supported slot wall so that the guide pin inserted into this slot area is subject to increased, movement-impeding friction in the manner of a friction brake.

Abstract: A slide assembly is provided including a first slide segment, a reinforcing member and an overmold shell. The first slide segment defines a first sliding surface and a second sliding surfaces. The overmold shell is molded around at least a portion of the reinforcing member to form a second slide segment with a first sliding surface and a second sliding surface. The first slide segment and the second slide segment positioned such that the first sliding surface of the second slide segment is slidable along the first sliding surface of the first slide segment and the second sliding surface of the second slide segment slidable along the second sliding surface of the first slide segment to control the sliding of the first slide segment and the second slide segment relative to one another.

Abstract: A knife carriage for face-to-face weaving machines has a supporting surface with interchangeable, adjustable sliding parts which direct the knife carriage in relation to a guiding section. A cutting instrument separates top and bottom fabrics from each other. The instrument has attachment(s) for a drive cord from a drive mechanism for the knife carriage. The sliding parts and the attachment(s) for the drive cord on the supporting surface have a device, which when tightened, makes the attachment line of the device coincide respectively with the contact line of the sliding parts with the supporting surface, and surface the contact surface of the attachment(s) with the supporting surface. The length of the supporting surface is smaller than the distance between the extremities of the sliding parts protruding in relation to the supporting surface in longitudinal direction of the knife carriage.

Abstract: A modular manipulation unit is disclosed. The unit includes a body (11) formed of three extruded, profiled elements. The elements include a base plate (15), a top element or cover (16) fixed on the base plate, and an intermediate slide (17) arranged and guided between the base plate and the top element. An interface part (13) is fixed and movable with the intermediate slide, and an actuator is connected to the said intermediate slide for movements of same and of the gripping tool carried by the said interface part.

Abstract: This apparatus relates to improved replaceable wear shoes for use with the slide guides of rear-loading refuse trucks.

Abstract: A yoke apparatus 34 is useful with a steering system having a pinion gear 20 and a longitudinally movable rack 24 engaged with the pinion gear 20. The yoke apparatus 34 comprises a bearing disc 36 received in the aperture 32, and a pair of biasing members 40 and 38 disposed in parallel with one another, each biasing the bearing disc 36 against the rack 24. This in turn biases the rack 24 against the pinion gear 20. The biasing members 40 and 38 have different spring constants and different compliances. Preferably, one of the biasing members 40 and 38 is a compression spring member 40 while the other is an elastomeric O-ring member 38, or other elastomeric member having a highly non-linear compliance. The yoke apparatus 34 also preferably comprises a plug 42 adjustably received in the aperture 32 which applies an axial load to the pair of biasing members 40 and 38.

Abstract: A sliding bearing for supporting shafts and the like, with a bearing body made of plastic and a housing supporting the bearing body, where the sliding bearing essentially encloses the full circumference of the shaft. The bearing body (1) displays a slit (2) extending along the entire length of its axis and at least one deformable zone, likewise extending along the entire length of the axis, which allows the slit (2) to be opened so that the bearing body (1) can essentially be fitted to the shaft, and also removed from the shaft, in the radial direction. This drastically reduces the work involved in replacing the bearing body during repairs. The bearing body (1) can comprise individual webs (3) which are connected to one another via deformable zones designed as flexible film bridges (6) which can be locked in place in the housing by means of projections (7) provided on the webs (3).

Abstract: The guidance means (20) according to the invention is used for guiding the rolling or sliding movement of objects (10) along a predetermined or preset path or route, whose course is freely selectable within wide limits in space. The guidance means (20) has a guiding means extending without interruption over the predetermined path in the form of a cage-like arrangement of a plurality of at least limitedly bendable guide rails (21) and a plurality of support or carrying elements (22), which are arranged in mutually spaced manner along the predetermined path and which hold the guide rails (21) in parallel and in an at least partly spaced manner in the predetermined, cage-like arrangement. The guide rails (21) advantageously comprise a limited flexible, continuously manufacturable metal or plastic profile. The support elements (22) can be installed on a fixedly laid base element (23), e.g. in a position adjustable with respect to the base element (23).

Abstract: In order to eliminate a joining play and a wear play in a straight-line mechanism with a straight guiding member and a carriage sliding on this guiding member, it is provided to equip the guiding surfaces of the guiding member and of the carriage with mutually coordinated profiles. Each of the profiles has at least one wedge which extends in the sliding direction and rises in the circumferential direction and the parts having the profiles can be rotated with respect to one another.

Abstract: A plain bearing having a metal backing, a bearing lining secured to the backing and an overlay plated to an interlayer, which is itself plated onto the bearing lining, is disclosed. The bearing lining is formed from an alloy based on aluminum or copper. The overlay is formed of an alloy of zinc with 0.5 to 25% by weight of a metal selected from nickel, cobalt and iron, and the material of the interlayer is selected from nickel and copper.