Patent ID: 8622481

Claim:
A chain link assembly for a cable chain assembly in a mining machine, the cable chain assembly extending along an axis, the chain link assembly comprising: a chain link having a plurality of walls cooperating to define a compartment opening in the direction of the axis, a fiber optic cable being supportable in the compartment, a service line being supportable in the compartment; and a flexible member supported in the compartment and engageable with the fiber optic cable, the flexible member positioning the fiber optic cable toward one of the plurality of walls; wherein the chain link further includes an internal wall dividing the compartment into a first compartment and a second compartment, the fiber optic cable being supportable in the first compartment, the service line being supportable in the second compartment, wherein the internal wall extends between the one of the plurality of walls and an opposite one of the plurality of walls to define the first compartment on one side of the internal wall and the second compartment on the other side of the wall.