Patent ID: 7546985
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cable guide device for an industrial robot to prevent a plurality of cables and a cable tube enveloping the cables between an arm and a head of the industrial robot from being twisted or bent or damaged due to contact with an outer surface of the arm during operation of the robot, the device comprising: a tube ring coupled to an end portion of the cable tube of the industrial robot; a cable distributor insertedly coupled in the tube ring, the cable distributor having a plurality of cable inserting holes through which the cables introduced into the cable tube of the industrial robot pass; a tube clamp rotatably fitted around an outer peripheral surface of the tube ring, the tube clamp having a ring shape; a head coupling unit coupled to a portion of the tube clamp; and a clamp supporting unit having a first end portion fitted around the outer surface of the arm of the industrial robot and a second end portion coupled to the head coupling unit, the clamp supporting unit keeping the cable tube of the industrial robot at a predetermined distance away from the outer surface of the arm, wherein the head coupling unit includes: