Patent ID: 7520473
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A device for guiding elongated, flexible elements as energy guides, along parts of a machine movable relative to one another, the device comprising: a machine part having a machine part surface; a sheet blank located on said machine part, said sheet blank defining a mounting surface, said mounting surface being attached to said machine part, said mounting surface being located at a spaced location from said machine part surface of said machine part, wherein said mounting surface and said machine part surface define a gap; a spring; a flexible element guided in said gap, said spring extending along a portion of said flexible element such that said spring is parallel to said portion of said flexible element, said flexible element being fixed at one end in said gap, another end of said flexible element being movable with respect to said spring from a resting position to an extended position, said spring being in a compressed state when said another end of said flexible element is in said extended position such that said spring exerts a holding force on said portion of said flexible element.