Patent ID: 6170249
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: F16G,F16L,H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
In an energy guiding chain for accommodating cables and hoses, said chain having a plurality of chain links connected to one another in an articulated arrangement, each of said chain links comprising first and second laterally spaced parallel side-plates (1) with upper and lower cross-members (2,3) connected therebetween, said side-plates defining a cross-sectional space therebetween for said cables and hoses, said cross-sectional space being bounded by the upper and lower edges of said side-plates, at least one of said cross-members being detachably mounted on said side-plates, said first and second side-plates having first and second plate connector-parts (7), respectively, for each of said cross-members, said first and second plate connector-parts disposed opposite each other, the improvement wherein:said one cross-member comprises a bracket having a bracket body (2) terminating at one end in a first mounting member (6) and terminating at the other end in a second mounting member (6), each mounting member having a mounting member connector-part (8),the mounting member connector-part (8) on the first mounting member being engaged with the plate connector-part on the first side-plate and the mounting member connector-part (8) on the second mounting member being engaged with the plate connector-part on the second side-plate,each of said mounting member connector-parts (8) being engageable with its respective plate connector-part by insertion of one into the other by movement of the mounting member connector-part in the direction toward the plate connector-part,said bracket body (2) extending between said mounting members (6) in a configuration which forms an extension of said cross-sectional space and provides increased effective cross-sectional space of the chain.