Patent ID: 8561949

Claim:
An articulated cable protection and guide apparatus, comprising: a cable or cables: said cable or cables are guided between a machine frame-side stationary end area and a machine movable-side moving end area; articulated supporting members; each of said articulated supporting members includes a stationary end and a moving end; each of said articulated supporting members includes a large number of synthetic resin block bodies linked with each other; said large number of synthetic resin block bodies linked with each other operate between straight and bending postures; a flexible belt member; said flexible belt member includes a width and a length; said flexible belt member includes a plurality of tubular storing portions; said articulated supporting members are inserted and stored in respective tubular storing portions; said cable or cables are inserted and stored in respective tubular storing portions; said articulated supporting members and said cables stored in said respective tubular storing portions are in parallel in said flexible belt member width direction; said cables are protected within said tubular storing portions of said flexible belt member and are guided between said machine frame-side stationary end area and said machine movable-side moving end area; a stationary end-side connector unit; a moving end-side connector unit; said stationary end-side connector unit integrally affixes each stationary end of said articulated supporting members, said cable or cables, and said flexible belt member to said machine frame-side stationary unit; and, said moving end-side connector unit integrally affixes each moving end of said articulated supporting members, said cable or cables, and said flexible belt member to said machine movable-side moving end area.