Patent ID: 7790984

Claim:
A cable control apparatus for preventing a plurality of cables, which are disposed between an arm and a head of the industrial robot, from being entangled or bended to protect the cables from being damaged, the cable control apparatus comprising: a body disposed above the arm and including a conveying hole formed in a length direction and a fixing ring having a through-hole fixed in the conveying hole; a conveying ring slidably disposed in the conveying hole of the body and including a through-hole internally inserted therein; a cable tube for integrally housing a plurality of control cables and including one end connected to the conveying ring with being inserted into the conveying hole of the body and the other end connected to the head of the industrial robot through the through-hole of the fixing ring; and a elastic member externally inserted to the cable tube and including one end connected to the fixing ring and the other end connected to the conveying ring for returning the cable tube to an original position through elastic force after the conveying ring slides the cable tube in order to sustain the cable tube between the arm and head not to be loosen.