US 2013/0075128 A1 · PROTECTIVE GUIDE FOR CABLES AND BRACKET USED FOR THE PROTECTIVE GUIDE

Abstract

A protective guide internally holds long members including at least one of flexible cable and duct to move in harmonization with the movement needed by the long members. The guide includes a flexible long plate-shaped base made of a synthetic resin and having a longitudinal direction, flexible sectioning members made of a synthetic resin, and two brackets. The sectioning members uprise from ends of the base, spaced apart from each other by gaps in the longitudinal direction, the ends facing in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and cooperatively define a space for accommodating the long members along the base. The brackets detachably connect ends of the base to fixed and movable members of a machine installing the guide. Each bracket has a first engaging means detachably engaging the bracket with the gaps and a second engaging means detachably connecting the bracket to the fixed or movable member.

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Dependent claims

A flexible protective guide internally holding long members that include at least one of a flexible cable and a flexible duct to move in harmonization with a movement needed by the long members, the protective guide comprising:

a flexible curved strip-shaped base made of a synthetic resin and formed into a shape of a long plate having a longitudinal direction;
a plurality of flexible sectioning members made of a synthetic resin and spaced apart from each other by gaps in the longitudinal direction of the curved strip-shaped base, the sectioning members uprising from both sides of the curved strip-shaped base and cooperatively defining a space for accommodating the long members along the curved strip-shaped base, both sides of the curved strip-shaped base being opposed to each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
and
two brackets that detachably connect both ends of the curved strip-shaped base to a fixed member and a movable member of a machine installing the protective guide, wherein:
each of the two brackets includes a first engaging means that detachably engages the bracket with the gaps and a second engaging means that detachably connect the bracket to the fixed member or the movable member.

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A bracket detachably connecting each of two end portions of a protective guide to a corresponding one of a fixed member and a movable member of a machine installing the long protective guide, the protective guide internally holding long members that include at least one of a flexible cable and a flexible duct and moving in harmonization with a movement needed by the long members, wherein each of the brackets includes:

a plate-shaped first link member that is inserted and arranged in a space which is used by the protective guide to internally hold the long members therein;
a plate-shaped second link member that is integrally formed with the first link member in a longitudinal direction of the first link member with a step being formed therebetween, and has a thickness larger than that of the first link member;
a first engaging means that is projected from the first link member and can be engaged with gaps formed in portions of a space-forming member that forms the space, the first engaging means detachably engaging the space-forming member with the first link member;
and
a second engaging means that is arranged outside the space and detachably brings the second link member into engagement with the fixed member or the movable member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Protective guide for cables and bracket used for the protective guide

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Protective guide for cables and bracket used for the protective guide

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Abstract

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