Patent ID: 6516602
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: F16G,H02G

Abstract:
A flexible support and guide device for cables each adapted to be connected at one end to a mobile machine or a movable machine part and adapted to be connected at the opposite end to fixed power source, said device comprising:a support rod; a pair of pulleys rotatably supported on opposite ends of said support rod; and a movable cable holder wound around the pulleys, the movable cable holder including a looped belt trained around the pulleys, and a pair of flexible tubes carried on an outer circumferential surface of the belt with ends of the two tubes confronting each other mutually, the tubes adapted to accommodate the cables within them, said holder having a movable end adapted to be positioned adjacent the mobile machine and formed jointly by one pair of mutually confronting ends of the two tubes, and a fixed end adapted to be positioned adjacent the power source and formed jointly by the other pair of mutually confronting ends of the two tubes, wherein the cables have movable ends adapted to extend from the movable end of the cable holder for connection to the mobile machine or the movable machine part, and the cables have fixed ends adapted to extend from the fixed end of the cable holder for connection to the fixed external power source.