Patent ID: 7610744

Claim:
A haulage chain capable of hauling cables and hoses comprising a housing module and a pair of chains having mutually interengaged endless links having associated pivots, the housing module comprising a pair of opposed housing members side wall portions of which abut to define opposed side walls extending between opposed first and second walls, the housing module including releasable retention members to retain the side wall portions of the housing members in abutment whilst allowing selective separation of the housing members to permit the loading and removal of cables and hoses into and out of a hollow interior bounded by the walls of the housing module, the side wall portions on each side of the housing module defining pockets openable on separation of the housing members to receive mutually interengaged endless links of the chains, respectively, for interconnecting a succession of housing modules to define a haulage chain, the pockets being closeable and the chains being clampingly retained within the side walls of the housing modules on opposite sides of the haulage chain following closure of the respective pockets.