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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Gunter Blase, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Abstract
In an energy guiding chain ( ) for guiding cables, hoses and the like between two connection points, with several chain straps which are connected to one another via upper and lower cross-members in detachable fashion and assembled in two parallel strands, and which overlap one another and can be angled, there are alternating chain storage ( ) designed as inner straps ( ) with inner overlap areas ( ) and as outer straps ( ) with outer overlap areas ( ) in each chain strand. The angling of the chain straps ( ) relative to one another is restricted by stops ( ) located in the overlap areas ( ). The curvature of the chain ( ) is defined by the position of the stops ( ). If the stops ( ) in the inner and outer straps ( ) are positioned asymmetrically with respect to the center axis running in the longitudinal direction of the chain (S ) as the axis of symmetry, it is possible to produce two different bending behaviors in the energy guiding chain ( ) using the same inner and outer straps ( ), depending on the orientation of the straps ( ) with respect to the longitudinal direction of the chain.