Patent ID: 6554540
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B65H,H02G

Abstract:
A modular guidance device for routing cable through an underground chamber, comprising:a plurality of rollers positioned in adjacent relation; end plates holding the rollers in position; a support leg connected to the end plates; a support member secured to the support leg and orientable in different positions within the underground chamber; the support leg further connected to articulation means for allowing the modular guidance device to be oriented according to the position of the support member during routing of the cable between inlet and outlet orifices of the underground chamber; the articulation means further including two plates placed at right angles to a main axis of the support leg, the plates and respective support leg portions thereof facing each other and capable of rotating relative to each other; the plates having a plurality of holes formed therein to allow a relative rotation of the plates to be fixed by a collaboration means passed through preselected aligned holes in the plates.