CN209818546U - Novel self-lubricating linear guide rail - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a novel self-lubricating linear guide rail, which comprises a linear rail and a guide rail slide block, wherein two oil storage cavities which are symmetrical along the extension direction of the linear rail are arranged on the guide rail slide block, a plurality of oil flow channels are arranged between the inner wall of the oil storage cavity and a sliding contact wall surface on the guide rail slide block, an elastic oil pressing mechanism for lifting lubricating oil in the oil storage cavity into the oil flow channels is arranged in the guide rail slide block between the two oil storage cavities, a plurality of first top balls which are protruded out of the top end surface are arranged at intervals along the extension direction of the linear rail at the top end, the first top balls are used for triggering the elastic oil pressing mechanism to lift the lubricating oil, a first chute which is in sliding fit with the first top balls is arranged on the sliding contact wall surface of the guide rail slide block and the linear rail, the first push balls trigger the elastic oil pressing mechanism at intervals to apply lubricating oil to the sliding contact wall surfaces of the guide rail sliding blocks and the linear rails at intervals. The utility model discloses a linear guide can realize the self-lubricating of sliding friction interface.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of linear guide, concretely relates to novel linear guide of self-lubricating.
Background
The linear guide rail is also called a linear rail, a slide rail, a linear guide rail, a linear slide rail and the like, is used in the linear reciprocating motion occasion, has higher rated load than a linear bearing, can bear certain torque, and can realize high-precision linear motion under the condition of high load.
In operation, the rail slider of the linear guide rail slides on the linear guide rail, and sliding friction is generated between the rail slider and the sliding contact wall surface of the linear guide rail, so that in order to reduce wear and prevent rusting, and in later use and maintenance, lubricating oil needs to be regularly applied to the sliding interface to ensure smooth operation of the rail slider. However, generally, the application of lubricating oil often requires manual shutdown operation, so that the working time is delayed, and lubricating oil is not easily applied in the movement process of the guide rail sliding block, so that the sliding abrasion between the guide rail sliding block and the linear track is large due to insufficient lubrication of the sliding friction interface in the working process.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides a not enough to prior art exists, the utility model provides a novel linear guide of self-lubricating, this linear guide's rail block in the linear guide up-motion process, presses oil mechanism interval to apply lubricating oil to rail block and linear guide's sliding contact wall through the elasticity in the trigger rail block to can effectively improve lubricating efficiency, realize this linear guide's self-lubricating.
The utility model discloses a following technical scheme realizes:
a novel self-lubricating linear guide rail comprises a linear rail and a guide rail sliding block, wherein the guide rail sliding block is arranged on the linear rail in a sliding mode, two oil storage cavities which are symmetrical along the extension direction of the linear rail are arranged on the guide rail sliding block, a plurality of oil flow channels are arranged on the guide rail sliding block between the inner wall of the oil storage cavities and a sliding contact wall surface, an elastic oil pressing mechanism used for lifting lubricating oil in the oil storage cavities into the oil flow channels is arranged in the guide rail sliding block between the two oil storage cavities, a plurality of first top balls protruding out of the top end surface are arranged at intervals at the top end of the guide rail sliding block along the extension direction of the linear rail, the first top balls are used for triggering the elastic oil pressing mechanism to lift the lubricating oil, and a first sliding chute in sliding fit with the first top balls; when the elastic oil pressing mechanism is not triggered, the liquid level of lubricating oil in the oil storage cavity is lower than an oil inlet of the oil flow channel, when the guide rail sliding block moves on the linear track, the first top ball pushes the elastic oil pressing mechanism to enable the elastic oil pressing mechanism to lift the lubricating oil in the oil storage cavity, the lubricating oil enters the oil flow channel, so that the sliding contact wall surface of the guide rail sliding block and the linear track is lubricated to reduce sliding abrasion and friction temperature, when the guide rail sliding block slides through the first top ball, the elastic oil pressing mechanism resets, the liquid level of the lubricating oil in the oil storage cavity is lower than the oil inlet of the oil flow channel, and in the moving process of the guide rail sliding block on the linear track, the elastic oil pressing mechanisms are triggered by the plurality of first top balls at intervals to apply the lubricating oil to the sliding contact wall surface of the guide rail sliding block and the linear track at intervals, so.
Furthermore, the elastic oil pressing mechanism comprises a mounting base, a second ball, a sliding plate, a spring, an oil liquid lifting plate and a connecting plate, wherein the upper part of the guide rail sliding block is provided with a base groove which is sunken downwards, the bottom of the base groove is provided with a cylindrical sliding through hole which penetrates to the top of the first sliding groove, two sides of the sliding through hole are provided with two symmetrical lifting grooves which are respectively communicated with the oil storage cavity, the mounting base is mounted in the base groove, the bottom of the mounting base is provided with a spring mounting hole which corresponds to the sliding through hole, the second ball, the sliding plate and the spring are sequentially mounted in the sliding through hole and the spring mounting hole from bottom to top, the oil liquid lifting plate is mounted in the oil storage cavity, the connecting plate is L-shaped, one end of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the sliding plate, the other end of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the oil liquid lifting plate, when the oil liquid lifting, and is higher than the upper end surface of the oil lifting plate; because the top interval of linear rail is equipped with a plurality of first kickballs, when the guide rail slider moves on linear rail, first kickball top moves the second kickball, make the second kickball go upward in the through-hole that slides, and promote the slide to go upward, the slide goes upward with compression spring, simultaneously with slide through connecting plate fixed connection's fluid lifting plate go upward in the oil storage cavity, fluid lifting plate goes upward and carries and promote partial lubricating oil, lubricating oil passes through the oil inlet entering oil flow passageway, and enter guide rail slider and linear rail's sliding contact wall, after guide rail slider slided first kickball, under the effort of spring, the slide goes downward and drives fluid lifting plate down, a plurality of first kickballs top move the second kickball at intervals, with the interval to sliding contact wall applys lubricating oil.
Furthermore, a filling plate is arranged inside the oil storage cavity, the filling plate is fixedly connected with the guide rail slide block through screws, a mounting groove which extends from the bottom end to the side wall and is used for mounting an L-shaped connecting plate is arranged on the filling plate, the outlet of the mounting groove on the side wall of the filling plate corresponds to the lifting groove opening of the inner wall of the oil storage cavity, an oil absorption sponge is arranged at the upper end of the oil liquid lifting plate, one supporting edge of the L-shaped connecting plate sequentially penetrates through the mounting groove on the filling plate and the oil absorption sponge on the oil liquid lifting plate to be fixedly connected with the upper end of the oil liquid lifting plate, when the spring stretches, one supporting edge of the connecting plate moves up and down along with the sliding plate in the range of the lifting groove, the other supporting edge slides up and down in the mounting groove and drives the oil liquid lifting plate to move up and down, when the oil, and the oil absorption sponge can adsorb lubricating oil, when the oil liquid lifting plate rises, the bottom end of the filling plate extrudes the oil absorption sponge, part of lubricating oil extruded by the oil absorption sponge enters the oil flow channel through the oil inlet and flows to the sliding contact wall surface of the guide rail sliding block and the linear track, so that the sliding contact wall surface is lubricated, and sliding abrasion is reduced.
Furthermore, the inner wall of the bottom of the sliding through hole is an arc-shaped surface, the lowest position of the second ejector ball in the sliding through hole can be effectively limited, and the second ejector ball is prevented from being in sliding contact with the top end surface of the linear track when the spring extends.
Further, it is a plurality of the oil inlet of oil flow channel is located the height on the oil storage intracavity wall and equals, and lubricating oil can get into a plurality of oil flow channels respectively simultaneously, can effectively improve the lubricated equilibrium between guide rail slider and the orbital sliding contact wall of straight line.
According to the above technical scheme, the utility model provides a pair of novel linear guide of self-lubricating, beneficial effect lies in: in the process that the guide rail sliding blocks of the linear guide rail move on the linear guide rail, the elastic oil pressing mechanism is triggered by the first jacking balls at intervals to apply lubricating oil to the sliding contact wall surfaces of the guide rail sliding blocks and the linear guide rail at intervals, so that the lubricating efficiency can be effectively improved, and the self-lubrication of the linear guide rail is realized.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below. Throughout the drawings, like elements or portions are generally identified by like reference numerals. In the drawings, elements or portions are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the rail block of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the first ball-pushing mechanism of the present invention when triggering the elastic oil pressing mechanism to apply oil.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the utility model when the elastic oil pressing mechanism is not triggered to apply oil.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along a-a in fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B in fig. 3.
In the drawings: 1-linear track, 11-first top ball, 2-guide rail slide block, 21-oil storage cavity, 22-oil flow channel, 23-first sliding groove, 24-base groove, 25-sliding through hole, 26-lifting groove, 3-elastic oil pressing mechanism, 31-mounting base, 32-second top ball, 33-sliding plate, 34-spring, 35-oil lifting plate, 36-connecting plate, 4-filling plate, 41-mounting groove and 5-oil absorption sponge.
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Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention more clearly, and therefore are only examples, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby.
In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, a novel self-lubricating linear guide rail comprises a linear rail 1 and a guide rail slider 2, the linear guide rail is a ball-type linear guide rail, the linear rail 1 is slidably connected with the guide rail slider 2 through steel balls, the guide rail slider 2 is provided with two oil storage cavities 21 symmetrical along the extending direction of the linear rail 1, the guide rail slider 2 is provided with a plurality of oil flow channels 22 between the inner wall and the sliding contact wall surface of the oil storage cavity 21, the guide rail slider 2 between the two oil storage cavities 21 is provided with an elastic oil pressing mechanism 3 for lifting the lubricating oil in the oil storage cavity 21 into the oil flow channels 22, the top end of the guide rail slider 2 along the extending direction of the linear rail 1 is provided with a plurality of first push balls 11 protruding from the top end surface at intervals, the first push balls 11 are used for triggering the elastic oil pressing mechanism 3 to lift the lubricating oil, the sliding contact wall surfaces of the guide rail slider 2 and the linear rail 1 are provided with first sliding chutes 23, the elastic oil pressing mechanism 3 comprises a mounting base 31, a second ball 32, a sliding plate 33, a spring 34, an oil lifting plate 35 and an L-shaped connecting plate 36, wherein the upper part of the guide rail sliding block 2 is provided with a base groove 24 which is sunken downwards, the bottom of the base groove 24 is provided with a cylindrical sliding through hole 25 which penetrates to the top of the first sliding groove 23, two sides of the sliding through hole 25 are provided with two symmetrical lifting grooves 26 which are respectively communicated with the oil storage cavity 21, the mounting base 31 is mounted in the base groove 24, the bottom of the mounting base 31 is provided with a spring 34 mounting hole which corresponds to the sliding through hole 25, the sliding through hole 25 and the spring 34 mounting hole are sequentially provided with the second ball 32, the sliding plate 33 and the spring 34 from bottom to top, the oil lifting plate 35 is mounted in the oil storage cavity 21, a filling plate 4 is arranged inside the oil storage cavity 21, the filling plate 4 is fixedly connected with the guide rail sliding block 2 through a screw, the filling plate 4 is provided with a mounting groove 41, an outlet of the mounting groove 41 in the side wall of the filling plate 4 corresponds to a notch of the lifting groove 26 in the inner wall of the oil storage cavity 21, an oil absorption sponge 5 is arranged at the upper end of the oil liquid lifting plate 35, a supporting edge of the L-shaped connecting plate 36 sequentially penetrates through the mounting groove 41 in the filling plate 4 and the oil absorption sponge 5 in the oil liquid lifting plate 35 to be fixedly connected with the upper end of the oil liquid lifting plate 35, one end of the connecting plate 36 is fixedly connected with the sliding plate 33, and the other end of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the oil liquid lifting; when the spring 34 stretches, one supporting edge of the connecting plate 36 moves up and down in the range of the lifting groove 26 along with the sliding plate 33, the other supporting edge slides up and down in the mounting groove 41 and drives the oil lifting plate 35 to move up and down, when the oil lifting plate 35 is at the lowest stroke position in the oil storage cavity 21, the lubricating oil level in the oil storage cavity 21 is lower than the oil inlet of the oil flow channel 22, the oil absorption sponge 5 can adsorb lubricating oil, when the oil lifting plate 35 rises, the bottom end of the filling plate 4 extrudes the oil absorption sponge 5, part of the lubricating oil extruded by the oil absorption sponge 5 enters the oil flow channel 22 through the oil inlet and flows to the sliding contact wall surface of the guide rail sliding block 2 and the linear rail 1, and therefore the sliding contact wall surface is lubricated, and sliding abrasion is reduced.
In this embodiment, the inner wall of the bottom of the sliding through hole 25 is an arc-shaped surface, which can effectively limit the lowest position of the second heading ball 32 in the sliding through hole 25, and prevent the second heading ball 32 from sliding in contact with the top end surface of the linear track 1 when the spring 34 extends.
In this embodiment, a plurality of the oil inlets of the oil flow channels 22 are located on the inner wall of the oil storage cavity 21 and have the same height, and lubricating oil can enter the plurality of oil flow channels 22 respectively and simultaneously, so that the lubricating balance between the guide rail sliding blocks 2 and the sliding contact wall surface of the linear track 1 can be effectively improved.
The working principle of the embodiment is as follows: because the top end of the linear track 1 is provided with a plurality of first top balls 11 at intervals, when the guide rail sliding block 2 moves on the linear track 1, the first top balls 11 push the second top balls 32 to make the second top balls 32 move upwards in the sliding through hole 25 and push the sliding plate 33 to move upwards, the sliding plate 33 moves upwards to compress the spring 34, meanwhile, the oil liquid lifting plate 35 fixedly connected with the sliding plate 33 through the connecting plate 36 moves upwards in the oil storage cavity 21, the oil liquid lifting plate 35 carries the oil absorption sponge 5 to move upwards, the bottom end of the filling plate 4 extrudes the oil absorption sponge 5, part of the lubricating oil extruded by the oil absorption sponge 5 enters the oil flow channel 22 through the oil inlet and flows to the sliding contact wall surface of the guide rail sliding block 2 and the linear track 1, thereby lubricating the sliding contact wall surface to reduce the sliding wear and the friction temperature, after the guide rail sliding block 2 slides over the first top balls 11, under the acting force of the spring 34, the sliding plate 33 moves downwards and drives, oil absorption sponge 5 carries out the oil absorption, and second kickball 32 is moved in 11 interval tops of a plurality of first kickballs, makes oil absorption sponge 5 reciprocal oil absorption and crowded oil to lubricating oil is applyed to the sliding contact wall at the interval, thereby effectively improves lubricating efficiency, realizes this linear guide's self-lubricating.
In the specification of the present invention, a large number of specific details are explained. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and are intended to be covered by the claims and the specification.
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1. The utility model provides a novel self-lubricating linear guide, includes linear rail (1) and rail block (2), rail block (2) are installed on linear rail (1) with slidable mode, its characterized in that: be equipped with two oil storage chambeies (21) along the extending direction symmetry of linear rail (1) on guide rail slider (2), be equipped with a plurality of oil stream passageways (22), two on guide rail slider (2) between the inner wall and the sliding contact wall of oil storage chamber (21) be equipped with in guide rail slider (2) between oil storage chamber (21) and be used for promoting the elasticity that gets into oil stream passageway (22) with the lubricating oil in the oil storage chamber (3) and press oil mechanism (3), follow its top interval of extending direction of linear rail (1) is equipped with a plurality of outstanding first kickballs (11) in top end face, and first kickball (11) are used for triggering elasticity and press oil mechanism (3) to promote lubricating oil, are equipped with on the sliding contact wall of guide rail slider (2) and linear rail (1) and push up first spout (23) of ball (11) sliding fit.
2. A novel self-lubricating linear guide rail according to claim 1, characterized in that: the elastic oil pressing mechanism (3) comprises a mounting base (31), a second ball (32), a sliding plate (33), a spring (34), an oil lifting plate (35) and a connecting plate (36), the upper part of the guide rail sliding block (2) is provided with a base groove (24) which is sunken downwards, the bottom of the base groove (24) is provided with a cylindrical sliding through hole (25) which penetrates to the top of the first sliding groove (23), two sides of the sliding through hole (25) are provided with two symmetrical lifting grooves (26) which are respectively communicated with the oil storage cavity (21), the mounting base (31) is installed in the base groove (24), the bottom of the mounting base (31) is provided with a spring (34) mounting hole corresponding to the sliding through hole (25), the second ball (32), the sliding plate (33) and the spring (34) are sequentially installed in the sliding through hole (25) and the spring (34) mounting hole from bottom to top, the oil lifting plate (35) is installed in the oil storage cavity (21), the connecting plate (36) is L-shaped, one end of the connecting plate (36) is fixedly connected with the sliding plate (33), and the other end of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the oil liquid lifting plate (35).
3. A novel self-lubricating linear guide rail according to claim 2, characterized in that: the inside of oil storage chamber (21) is equipped with infill panel (4), be equipped with on infill panel (4) and extend to mounting groove (41) that are used for installing L shape connecting plate (36) of lateral wall by the bottom, and mounting groove (41) are corresponding at export of infill panel (4) lateral wall and lifting groove (26) notch of oil storage chamber (21) inner wall, the upper end of fluid lifting plate (35) is equipped with oil absorption sponge (5), the upper end fixed connection of mounting groove (41) and oil absorption sponge (5) and fluid lifting plate (35) is passed in proper order to a arris of L shape connecting plate (36).
4. A novel self-lubricating linear guide rail according to claim 3, characterized in that: the inner wall of the bottom of the sliding through hole (25) is an arc-shaped surface.
5. The novel self-lubricating linear guide rail of any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that: the oil inlets of a plurality of oil flow channels (22) are positioned on the inner wall of the oil storage cavity (21) at equal height.
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