Patent ID: 8915056

Claim:
Device for supporting and guiding supplying lines intended to be used in combination with a digging tool mounted on a drilling machine; said device comprising: at least one support branch, formed by a plurality of spacers adjacent to one another, wherein a rope or tie-rod is inserted through a housing of each spacer of the plurality of spacers; wherein a pair of adjacent spacers in the plurality of spacers comprises retaining means, the retaining means comprising: a pair of retaining elements or hooks associated to a first spacer of said pair of adjacent spacers; and a pair of slots, having a shape substantially matching the shape of said pair of retaining elements or hooks, associated to a second spacer of said pair of adjacent spacers, wherein said pair of retaining elements or hooks during use engages with said pair of slots, allowing a relative axial movement in the longitudinal direction of the rope or tie rod of a predetermined amount.