Flexible cable support and guide device
US6516602B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02G11/006
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A flexible support and guide device includes a movable cable holder wound around a pair of pulleys rotatably supported on opposite ends of a support rod. The cable holder is comprised of a looped belt trained around the pulleys, and a pair of flexible tubes carried on an outer circumferential surface of the belt with ends of the tubes confronting each other mutually, the tubes accommodating within them cables. The cable holder has a movable end formed jointly by one pair of mutually confronting ends of the two tubes for enabling connection of the cables to a mobile machine or a movable machine part, and a fixed end formed jointly by the other pair of mutually confronting ends of the tubes for enabling connection of the cables to a fixed external power source.
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