Patent ID: 8220243

Claim:
A cable protection and guide device, comprising: a large number of link frames; each link frame includes: a pair of spaced apart right and left link plates, each of said right and left link plates includes a flexional inner peripheral side and a flexional outer peripheral side, each of said right and left link plates includes link pins and link pin holes; said right and left link plates of said link frames are flexibly connected to each other by means of link pins and link pin holes; said left link plate includes an engaging shaft, said engaging shaft of said left link plate extends in the longitudinal direction of said link frame; said left link plate includes engaging step portions on said engaging shaft; each of said link frames includes a connecting plate extending across said flexional inner peripheral sides of said left and right link plates and a connecting arm extending across said flexional outer peripheral sides of said link plates; said pair of spaced apart right and left link plates, said connecting plate and said connecting arm of said link frames form a rectangular cable storing space; said connecting arm includes an arm body; said connecting arm includes a hook portion at a first end of said arm body; said connecting arm includes a hinge portion at a second end of said arm body; said hook portion includes an engaging circular arc portion, said hook portion includes engaging projecting portions extending from said circular arc portion; said hinge portion of said connecting arm engages said right link plate of said link frame; said circular arc portion of said hook portion includes a cut therein, said circular arc portion interengages said engaging shaft of said left link plate; and, said engaging projecting portions of said hook portion extending from said circular arc portion interengage said engaging step portions of said engaging shaft of said left link plates securing said connecting arm.