Patent ID: 7119273

Claim:
A cable protection and guide device comprising a number of link frame bodies each having a frame with a rectangularly shaped cross-section; each link frame body includes a pair of left and right link plates; each link plate includes a bending inner and outer portion; connecting plates bridged over said bending inner and outer circumferential portions of said right and left link plates; said link plates are flexibly connected to each other with connecting pins and connecting pin holes provided in said link plates; said link frame bodies form a cable accommodation space where inserted cables are guided; partitioning wall formation members; said partitioning wall formation members separate said cable accommodation space into right and left spaces; a partitioning shelf plate member, said partitioning shelf plate member separates said cable accommodation space into a bending inner circumferential portion and a bending outer circumferential portion; characterized in that each of said partitioning wall formation members include a plurality of shelf mounting protrusions; said shelf mounting protrusions are arranged in multiple steps not engaging said cables; said shelf mounting protrusions form a part of a wall surface of said partitioning wall formation member, each of said partitioning shelf plate members include longitudinal ends; each of said longitudinal ends of said partitioning shelf plate members include an adapter; each of said shelf mounting protrusions of said partioning wall formation members includes a convex portion; each of said adapters include a concave portion; and, each of said concave portions of said adapters interfits a respective convex portion of each said shelf mounting protrusion to prevent disengagement of said partioning shelf plate members from said partitioning wall formation members.