Long object guiding device and partition member

An elongated object guiding device comprising:

• links arranged in series, wherein adjacent ones of the links are pivotally coupled to each other;
• and
• an accommodation chamber that is defined in the links and accommodates an elongated object, wherein
• each link includes
• a link limiting portion that limits a pivoting range of the link and an adjacent link so that the links are pivoted between a straight state in which the links are arranged straight and a bent state in which the links are bent, and
• a separating member that separates elongated objects accommodated in the accommodation chamber from each other,
• each separating member is pivotally coupled to an adjacent separating member,
• each separating member includes a separation limiting portion,
• the separation limiting portion of each separating member limits a pivoting range of the separating member and an adjacent separating member so that a limit on a first side of the pivoting range is the straight state,
• the separation limiting portion of each separating member limits a pivoting range of the separating member and an adjacent separating member so that a limit on a second side of the pivoting range is the bent state,
• each separating member includes a first end and a second end in a coupling direction of the links,
• the separation limiting portion of each separating member includes a first engagement portion formed at the first end of the separating member and a second engagement portion formed at the second end of the separating member,
• the first engagement portion of one of two adjacent ones of the separating members and the second engagement portion of the other one of the two adjacent ones of the separating members engage with each other in a first mode in which pivoting of the two adjacent ones of the separating members toward the first side is restricted when in the straight state, and
• the first engagement portion of one of two adjacent ones of the separating members and the second engagement portion of the other one of the two adjacent ones of the separating members engage with each other in a second mode in which pivoting of the two adjacent ones of the separating members toward the second side is restricted when in the bent state.