Patent ID: 8348204

Claim:
A waterproof cable guide device for a railway vehicle, which is mounted to a cable guide of railcars which is provided with an introduction port through which a plurality of electric cables are guided to an electric device, the waterproof cable guide device comprising: an elastic member having a plurality of through-holes penetrating in a forward and backward direction and screw insertion holes penetrating in the forward and backward direction, the plurality of electric cables being inserted into the plurality of through-holes, respectively, the elastic member being divided in positions of the through-holes or having slits extending from an outer peripheral surface of the elastic member to the through-holes, respectively; a press casing surrounding a front surface and an outer peripheral surface of the elastic member so as not to cover the through-holes and provided with screw insertion holes communicating with the screw insertion holes of the elastic member, respectively; and screws inserted into the screw insertion holes of the elastic member and the screw insertion holes of the press casing, in a direction from forward, and tightened with respect to the cable guide; the screws being inserted into the screw insertion holes in the direction from forward and tightened with respect to the cable guide in a state where the electric cables are inserted into the through-holes, respectively, to cause the elastic member to be compressed by the press casing to closely contact peripheral surfaces of the electric cables.