Patent ID: 7741563

Claim:
A closed type cable protection and guide device, comprising: a cable; a flexible support; said flexible support includes a fixed end side mounting member and a movable end side mounting member which moves with respect to said fixed end side mounting member articulating and bending said flexible support; said flexible support forms a flexional circumferential bend having a flexional inner circumferential side during bending and said flexible support forms a flexional circumferential bend having a flexional outer circumferential side during bending; said flexible support includes an outer surface, and, said outer surface includes a shape; said cable resides substantially within said flexible support, said flexible support protects and guides said cable from said fixed end side mounting member to said movable end side mounting member; a flexible heat resistant cloth cover completely surrounding and covering said outer surface of said flexible support from said fixed end side mounting member of said flexible support to said movable end side mounting member of said flexible support; and, said flexible heat resistant cloth cover approximates said outer shape of said flexible support.