GUIDE RAIL MAINTENANCE DEVICE, AND GUIDE RAIL MAINTENANCE METHOD

摘要

Provided is a guide rail maintenance device, wherein an application unit is moved along a guide rail and applies, to the guide rail, a maintenance liquid for maintaining the guide rail. The application unit has a container that accommodates the maintenance liquid, and a liquid-guiding member that is permeated by the maintenance liquid within the container and guides the maintenance liquid to the guide rail. The liquid-guiding member has an immersion part that is immersed in the maintenance liquid within the container, and a rail contact part that comes into contact with the guide rail. The application unit also has a height adjustment mechanism that adjusts the height of the container relative to the rail contact part.