Line guiding assembly

A double ended line guiding system comprising two line guiding assemblies facing each other, wherein each of said line guiding assemblies having a stationary piece of equipment and a moving piece of equipment comprises:

• (a) a plurality of cables held together within an encapsulant and further held within reinforcement channels to form a reinforced line assembly;
• (b) a trough holding said reinforced line assembly wherein said reinforced line assembly is positioned within the trough and looped back onto itself thereby forming a lower length, an upper length and a loop of the reinforced line assembly, wherein one of said lengths has an end which is affixed to the stationary piece of equipment and the other said length has an end which is affixed to the moving piece of equipment which is capable of moving in a longitudinal direction;
• (c) a ribbon material located between and intermediate said upper and lower lengths of the reinforced assembly, said ribbon material capable of extending and retracting as said upper and lower lengths move so that the ribbon material prevents said upper and lower lengths from touching, and wherein the material comprising the ribbon material is different from the encapsulant and reinforcement channel of the line assembly;
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• (d) a drum located within said loop of the line assembly wherein said ribbon material is affixed to the drum and wherein the drum rotates so as to roll up and unroll the ribbon material as the upper and lower lengths move within the channel.

A dual line guiding assembly comprising two line guiding assemblies held together within a single trough, wherein each of said line guiding assemblies having a stationary piece of equipment and a moving piece of equipment comprises:

• (a) a plurality of cables held together within an encapsulant and further held within reinforcement channels to form a reinforced line assembly;
• (b) a trough holding said reinforced line assembly wherein said reinforced line assembly is positioned within the trough and looped back onto itself thereby forming a lower length, an upper length and a loop of the reinforced line assembly, wherein one of said lengths has an end which is affixed to the stationary piece of equipment and the other said length has an end which is affixed to the moving piece of equipment which is capable of moving in a longitudinal direction;
• (c) a ribbon material located between and intermediate said upper and lower lengths of the reinforced assembly, said ribbon material capable of extending and retracting as said upper and lower lengths move so that the ribbon material prevents said upper and lower lengths from touching, and wherein the material comprising the ribbon material is different from the encapsulant and reinforcement channel of the line assembly;
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• (d) a drum located within said loop of the line assembly wherein said ribbon material is affixed to the drum and wherein the drum rotates so as to roll up and unroll the ribbon material as the upper and lower lengths move within the channel.