Patent ID: 6644602
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B25J,H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
Guide for a loop of a flexible continuous line between a pair of rotatable parts of an industrial robot that rotate relative to one another around an axis, whereby the loop includes a pair of strands of the line joined by a bend that extend around the axis, said guide comprising:means engaging outer sides of each of the strands with a respective part so that the loop is caused to perform a movement around the axis when the parts rotate relative to one another, wherein said engaging means comprises a pair of spaced and separate rigid annular grooves facing each other, a first of said pair of grooves engaging a first of the pair of strands, and a second of said pair of grooves engaging a second of the pair of strands, and wherein the grooves extend with mutually different distances from the axis.