Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
202 words
For use in connection with a machine tool having a sliding and guiding path, a covering device for covering such path, which includes: a plurality of telescopically interengaging cover boxes movable relative to each other, each of said cover boxes being provided with a rear wall for resting on such sliding and guiding path, wiper means respectively interposed between two cover boxes adjacent to each other and one above the other, each of said wiper means including a carrier member connected to the top portion of the respective adjacent cover box and having its lower surface resting on the respective next lower cover box for conveying the weight of the former onto the latter, each of said carrier members defining with the cover box pertaining thereto a gap open at one end, and a plurality of sealing means respectively arranged in said gaps and respectively connected to said carrier members, each of said sealing means being firmly connected to the respective pertaining carrier member, each of said carrier members being provided with teeth and each of said sealing means consisting of elastic material and having an outer wiping lip and having teeth positively engaging the teeth of the respective adjacent carrier member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
202 words
For use in connection with a machine tool having a sliding and guiding path, a covering device for covering such path, which includes: a plurality of telescopically interengaging cover boxes movable relative to each other, each of said cover boxes being provided with a rear wall for resting on such sliding and guiding path, wiper means respectively interposed between two cover boxes adjacent to each other and one above the other, each of said wiper means including a carrier member connected to the top portion of the respective adjacent cover box and having its lower surface resting on the respective next lower cover box for conveying the weight of the former onto the latter, each of said carrier members defining with the cover box pertaining thereto a gap open at one end, and a plurality of sealing means respectively arranged in said gaps and respectively connected to said carrier members, each of said sealing means being firmly connected to the respective pertaining carrier member, each of said carrier members being provided with teeth and each of said sealing means consisting of elastic material and having an outer wiping lip and having teeth positively engaging the teeth of the respective adjacent carrier member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
An arrangement according to claim 1, in which there are inner flanks of the teeth of said carrier members and adjacent flanks of the pertaining sealing means that extend perpendicularly with regard to the direction of movement of said cover boxes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
An arrangement according to claim 1, which includes a plurality of protective plate means respectively associated with said sealing means, each of said plate means being interposed between one of said cover boxes and the respective adjacent sealing means and having a portion extending over an exposed portion of said wiping lip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An arrangement according to claim 1, in which the underside of said carrier member has a coat of sliding material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
An arrangement according to claim 4, in which the underside of said carrier members is provided with a coat of a sliding material known under the trade mark "Teflon".