Fluted link for wiring
AssigneeHer Majesty the Queen as represented by the Minister of National Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government
InventorAlain Cinq-Mars
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AssigneeHer Majesty the Queen as represented by the Minister of National Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government
InventorAlain Cinq-Mars
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A support for electrical conductors, optical fibers, gas tubes, etc., having an elongated base, portions at each end of the base extending towards the front of the support, each end portion containing an aperture oriented perpendicular to the length of that base and lying parallel to the base. The support has a plurality of U-shaped recesses with openings facing the front to form a fluted link. A plurality of the fluted links can be arranged into a flexible carrier belt by inserting wires through the apertures to hold the fluted links adjacent to each other with adjacent ones facing in opposite directions. During assembly of the carrier belt, the conductors, fibers or tubes, etc., to be supported are fitted into appropriate U-shaped recesses that provide support for those items. The flexible carrier belt provides conductor connections between a stationary part and a rotatable part of an apparatus.
A support for transfer lines comprising a carrier belt having a plurality of fluted links formed of plastic and having outer edges all of which are rounded, said links having an elongated base, portions at each end of the base extending towards a front of the link, each end portion containing an aperture oriented perpendicular to the length of the elongated base, the apertures extending through the thickness of the end portions, the fluted links having a plurality of U-shaped recesses with openings facing towards said front, the U-shaped recesses extending through the thickness of the link from one side to the other and having dimensions that allow the transfer lines to be fitted into the U-shaped recesses and, the U-shaped recesses being parallel to said apertures, the transfer lines comprising ones selected from the group of electrical conductors, optical fibers, gas tubes or tubes for supplying liquids, the end portions extending further from the base than top edges of the U-shaped recesses, and said apertures being located in said end portions about mid-way between bottoms of the U-shaped recesses and said top edges, with a wire of a plurality of wires extending through adjacent apertures in both end portions, the wires holding the fluted links together forming said carrier belt, most adjacent links in the carrier belt facing in opposite directions with the transfer lines being fitted into said U-shaped recesses.
A support for transfer lines comprising a carrier belt having a plurality of fluted links, said fluted links each having an elongated base, and end portions at each end of the base extending towards a front of the link, each end portion containing an aperture oriented perpendicular to the length of the elongated base, the apertures extending through the thickness of the end portions, each fluted link having a plurality of U-shaped recesses with openings facing towards said front, the U-shaped recesses extending through the thickness of the link from one side to the other and having dimensions that allow the transfer lines to be fitted into the U-shaped recesses, and the U-shaped recesses being parallel to said apertures, and a plurality of wires, each wire extending through adjacent apertures in both end portions of said links, the wires holding the fluted links together forming said carrier belt, and the most adjacent links in the carrier belt facing in opposite directions with the transfer lines being fitted into said U-shaped recesses.
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