Patent ID: 6729606
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: B65H,H02G

Abstract:
A device for guiding at least one flexible elongate member, adapted to guide said member during a drawing operation and including a plurality of rollers (21) rotatable about shafts (30) adapted to be disposed transversely to the direction of movement of the drawn member and disposed so that they define a space (100) adapted to receive said member and whose contour (101) generally transversely to said direction of movement is substantially closed, the shafts (30) of the rollers (21) being carried by a closed but openable two-part support (11-12), one part (12) of which is articulated to an other part (11), characterized in that said other part (11) is a flat strip bent to a shape consisting of three butt-jointed U-shaped brackets (111, 112, 113), two brackets (111, 113) being disposed face to face with a spacing between them and each connected to the end of a flange of the third bracket (112), and said one part (12) is a flat strip bent to form a fourth U-shaped bracket similar to the brackets (111, 112, 113) of the other part (11) but in which the ends of the flanges not joined to the web of the U-shaped bracket are each extended by two lugs (121, 122) extending toward the outside of the U-shape in a direction parallel to the web of said U-shape, the two lugs carrying locking means for locking the support (11-12) in a closed configuration, the locking means being a hook (123-124), the support (11-12) being elastically deformable to alter said spacing thereby to be locked elastically in its closed configuration by elasticity of said other part (11).