Patent ID: 6029437
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: F16G,H02G

Abstract:
A chain link for a cable/hose handling chain, the chain link including a body defined by a pair of opposed sidewalls, a top wall and a bottom wall which are connected together to define a closed compartment for housing cables/hoses, each of the sidewalls being provided with pivotal formations to enable the chain link to be pivotally connected to a similar link to form a chain, one of the sidewalls being detachably attached to one end of the top and bottom walls to enable removal of said one sidewall to provide access to the compartment for insertion and removal of cable/hoses, the connection between the top, bottom and remaining sidewall being such as to maintain integrity of said compartment after removal of said one sidewall, said one sidewall including upper and lower connection formations in the form of recesses or projections located on an inner side face, the top and bottom walls having at their ends projecting cooperating connection formations in the form of projections or recesses engaged with respective connection formations formed on the said sidewall, wherein said one sidewall includes an upper bore extending through the sidewall from said upper connection formation to an outer side face of said sidewall, and a lower bore extending through the sidewall from said lower connection formation to the outer side face of said sidewall, the top and bottom walls each including attachment means passing through said upper and lower bore respectively, the attachment means including fixing means for maintaining engagement of the cooperating connection means, the top and bottom walls each comprising a body molded from a plastics material, and the attachment means for each of the top and bottom walls being in the form of at least one metal rod extending through said body.