Energy Guide Chain with a Pull Rope Detector Arrangement
OwnerThilo-Alexander Jaekerinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an energy guide chain (4) with an arrangement for monitoring the energy guide chain including a detector (40) with the pull rope (22). The monitoring arrangement includes a flexible outer sheath (20) rigid in compression in a pull direction, in which at least one longitudinal portion of the pull rope (22) is guided. The outer sheath (20) with the longitudinal portion of the pull rope (22) extending therein are guided by the energy guide chain (4). According to at least one embodiment, the detector (40) is configured to identify relative motion of the pull rope (22) relative to the outer sheath (20).
Claims20
An energy guide chain (4) for guiding at least one line between two connection points (A, B) with at least one connection point is mobile relative to the other connection point, the energy guide chain (4) comprising
- a plurality of links (7) or segments connected to one another in the longitudinal direction of the chain, said links or segments being pivotable about at least one swivel axis, and
- an arrangement for monitoring the energy guide chain comprising a detector (40), a pull rope (22), which runs in the longitudinal direction of the chain and interacts mechanically with the detector, and a flexible outer sheath (20) rigid in compression in a pull direction and in which at least one longitudinal portion of the pull rope (22) is guided,
- wherein the outer sheath (20) with the longitudinal portion of the pull rope (22) extending therein is guided at least along a longitudinal portion to be monitored comprising the plurality of links (7) or segments of the energy guide chain (4), by the energy guide chain (4), and
- the detector (40) is configured to identify relative motion of the pull rope (22) relative to the outer sheath (20) connected with a rope end (22A) of the pull rope (22).
An arrangement for monitoring an energy guide chain, the arrangement comprising:
- a detector (40)
- a pull rope (22), which is connected by one rope end (22A) to the detector (40) and interacts mechanically with the detector for detecting a rupture in the energy guide chain (4);
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- a flexible outer sheath (20) rigid in compression in a pull direction, in which at least one longitudinal portion of the pull rope (22) is guided, and
- wherein the detector (40) is configured to identify relative motion between the pull rope and the outer sheath.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.