Patent ID: 6849014

Claim:
A sliding contact guide for a flexible transmission medium comprising an elongated synthetic resin guide body and a reinforcing plate, said guide body including a shoe extending along the longitudinal direction of the guide body, said shoe having a front surface arranged to contact a transmission medium, and a back side, and a plate-receiving portion provided on said back side of the shoe and integrally molded as a unit with said shoe, the plate-receiving portion also extending along the longitudinal direction of the guide body and having a slot extending along the longitudinal direction of the guide, said reinforcing plate being fitted in said slot, and said plate-receiving portion having a face spaced from said shoe, and an opening in said face, said opening facing away from said shoe, whereby said reinforcing plate can be inserted into the slot in a direction of insertion transverse to said shoe; said guide body having a mounting hole adjacent an end thereof, and said reinforcing plate having a hole adjacent an end thereof and in register with said mounting hole, whereby said holes can receive a mounting pin and said guide body and reinforcing plate are held together in part by the engagement of said holes with the mounting pin, a window in said plate-receiving portion, and a locking piece provided in said window, having a tip with a bulged portion entering said slot, and a tapered surface formed on said bulged portion, and a locking hole provided in said reinforcing plate, said reinforcing plate being locked to said guide body by engagement of the tapered surface of said bulged portion with an edge of said locking hole, said tapered surface exerting a biasing force on said edge of the locking hole, urging the reinforcing plate against the back side of said shoe.