Ball sleeve for use in the inner sliding rail of a hidden sliding track assembly
First Claim
1. A ball sleeve coupled between inner sliding rail and outer sliding rail of a hidden sliding track assembly, comprising a sleeve body, said sleeve body having a substantially η
- -shaped cross section and four longitudinal rows of openings respectively arranged in four angles of an inside space thereof, and a plurality of balls respectively mounted in said openings and disposed in contact between respective sliding grooves of said inner sliding rail and respective sliding grooves of said outer sliding rail, wherein said sleeve body has a narrow thin wall portion longitudinally extended on the middle between two distal ends of a top wall thereof through which the user can expand said sleeve body for easy installation of said balls in said openings and easy coupling of said ball sleeve to said inner sliding rail, and a plurality of recessed bearing portions respectively disposed at two sides of each of said openings for supporting said balls in said openings.
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Abstract
A ball sleeve coupled between inner sliding rail and outer sliding rail of a hidden sliding track assembly is disclosed having four longitudinal rows of openings for accommodating balls, a narrow thin wall portion longitudinally extended on the middle between two distal ends of the top wall thereof through which the user can expand said sleeve body for easy installation of the balls in the openings and easy coupling of the ball sleeve to the inner sliding rail of a hidden sliding track assembly, and a plurality of recessed bearing portions respectively disposed at two sides of each of opening for supporting the balls in the openings.
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1. A ball sleeve coupled between inner sliding rail and outer sliding rail of a hidden sliding track assembly, comprising a sleeve body, said sleeve body having a substantially η
- -shaped cross section and four longitudinal rows of openings respectively arranged in four angles of an inside space thereof, and a plurality of balls respectively mounted in said openings and disposed in contact between respective sliding grooves of said inner sliding rail and respective sliding grooves of said outer sliding rail, wherein said sleeve body has a narrow thin wall portion longitudinally extended on the middle between two distal ends of a top wall thereof through which the user can expand said sleeve body for easy installation of said balls in said openings and easy coupling of said ball sleeve to said inner sliding rail, and a plurality of recessed bearing portions respectively disposed at two sides of each of said openings for supporting said balls in said openings.
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