Patent ID: 6425238
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: F16G,H02G

Abstract:
An energy guiding chain for guiding cables or hoses comprising:chain links connected to one another in articulated fashion in such a way that said chain can be disposed to form a lower strand, an upper strand resting on said lower strand, and a deflection zone connecting said upper and lower strands, and said upper strand can move along said lower strand, said links comprising: parallel straps, and cross-members connecting said straps, said chain links defining running surfaces on at least one of said upper strand and said lower strand; and rollers so arranged on at least some of the chain links of at least one of said upper strand and said lower strand that, when the energy guiding chain travels, they can roll on said running surfaces provided on the chain links of the other of said upper strand and said lower strand; wherein the rollers have a guide profile, which is formed by several all-round guide grooves positioned at a distance from one another in the running surfaces of the rollers.