US3551612A - Flexible conductor horizontal loop-supporting apparatus - Google Patents

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US3551612A
US3551612A US744209A US3551612DA US3551612A US 3551612 A US3551612 A US 3551612A US 744209 A US744209 A US 744209A US 3551612D A US3551612D A US 3551612DA US 3551612 A US3551612 A US 3551612A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G11/00—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
    • H02G11/006—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using extensible carrier for the cable, e.g. self-coiling spring
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L3/00—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets
    • F16L3/01—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets for supporting or guiding the pipes, cables or protective tubing, between relatively movable points, e.g. movable channels
    • F16L3/015—Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets for supporting or guiding the pipes, cables or protective tubing, between relatively movable points, e.g. movable channels using articulated- or supple-guiding elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G11/00—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
    • H02G11/003—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using gravity-loaded or spring-loaded loop
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
    • H02G3/02—Details
    • H02G3/04—Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
    • H02G3/0437—Channels

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  • the present invention inemploying parallel side rails for direct support of the straight-leg lengths of the flexible conductor loop and a suitably constrained concavo-convex strip spring as a transverse support between therails, achieves the objectives of the prior art in a simplified manner.
  • FIG. I is a top view in outline of an exemplified constructionof the conductor loop-supporting apparatus of the present invention in affiliation with a horizontally movable carriage such as is employed in overhead X-ray' tube column supporting systems; 1
  • FIG. 2 is a vertical section view taken along the line II-II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a vertical section view taken along the line III-Ill in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is. a fragmental vertical outline view taken in the direction of the arrow IV in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of one mode of guided constraint for the conductor loop support member of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic representationof a cantilever support for the conductor loop support member.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic representation of an alternate con straint means for maintaining the bend in a loop support DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERREDEMBODIMENTS
  • the flexible conductor loop-supporting apparatus of the present invention is exemplified in affiliation with a carriage 10 which is movable rectilinearly along horizontal guide and support rails 11 via wheels 12, such as is common in X-ray apparatus, for example, where a so-called ceiling-mounted X-ray tube column 14 depends from such carriage, as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,l l8,066 to E. P. Thomas et al. for example.
  • One end of a vertically stacked group 15 of flexible conductors including such as a high-voltage X-ray tube cable 16 and auxiliary electrical and/or fluid pressure power and control leads l7 and 18, is attached to the carriage 10 to furnish supply and control energy for operation of an X-ray tube (not shown) on column 14 as well as a drive motor, brakes etc. (not shown) for such carriage.
  • the opposite end of such group of flexible cables is attached to a relatively fixed member '20, which may be located, for example, near to a wall 21 of a room in which the ceiling-mounted X-ray apparatus is installed and member 20 is located in substantially the same horizontal plane in which the carriage 10 travels.
  • the flexible conductors l6, l7 and 18 are maintained in a generally U-shaped horizontal loop configuration during travel of the carriage 10 along the rails 11 and while occupying different horizontal positions therealong by a conductor support member 24 in the form of a thin steel concavo-convex spring strip of the general well-known type employed in steelmeasuring tapes that are retracted in wound form during disuse and extended for use.
  • the conductor support member 24 in form of a concavo-convex strip spring, has one end secured by bolts or rivets 26 to the carriage 10 adjacent to a respective end of the flexible conductors l6, 17, 18, and extends, in adjacency to extension of such conductors which are coupled thereto at intervals along its length, as a generally U-shaped loop 28 in a horizontal plane, having one straight side 30 of concave-convex cross-sectional shape, a smoothly rounded bend 32 of flattened cross-sectional shape, and another straight side 34 secured at its end by such as bolts or rivets 35 to the relatively fixed member 20 adjacent to a respective end of the flexible conductor group 15; the transverse dimension of the spring strip 24 extending in a vertical direction.
  • the expansion control of the diameter of the loop bend 32 can be effected at least partially, if desired, by an inwardly directed constraining moment applied to the projecting ends of the straight loop sides 20 and 32 and propagated to such bend via such sides; as indicated schematically in FIG. 5, by the interconnected arrow groups 38 and 40, and which may be obtained in the exemplified embodiment shown in FIG.
  • the straight side 30 can find outer edge support for its entire length via the respective track 11 for the carriage 10, while a parallel elongated cross-sectionally L-shaped support member 44 can serve for similar edge constraint of the straight side 34.
  • a parallel elongated cross-sectionally L-shaped support member 44 can serve for similar edge constraint of the straight side 34.
  • any such peripheral restraint and direct bottom support for the conductors along straight loop sides 30 and 34 transpires via slidable engagement of the straps 48 with the one rail 11 and auxiliary support member 44.
  • the straps 48 for retaining the conductors l6, l7, 18 on the loop support member 24, may be of metal construction and proportioned to accept the conductors in vertically stacked array.
  • the strap has a removable section 50, secured by a screw 51, see FIG. 3, to a trough-shaped section 52 which has a vertical wall that is retained on the normally convex side of the support strip 24 by loose-fitting rivets 54 extending through an accommodating central longitudinal slot 56 in strap 24, FIG. 4, and includes washer members 58 in slidable engagement with the normally concave face of such strip.
  • a working model of the invention has been embodied in a ceiling-mounted X-ray tube column system where the pertinent apparatus is similar to that shown in FIGS. I and employing overhead, horizontally movable, column support carriage 10 having a horizontal support loop 28 with a 13 inch bend 32 diameter formed from a stainless steel concave-convex spring strip 24 6 feet long, 25 mils thick, and a normal cross-sectional radius of 8 inches.
  • the bend 32 of a loop 28 formed by the'loop support strip member 24 may be maintained by a constraint means in the form of a bend keeper means, FIGS. 7, having two spaced-apart guide members 64, only one of which isshown, secured to one another by rigid connecting means 66 and having respective circular grooves 68 through which outer edges of the strip 24 slidably extend in guided cooperation and which are sufficiently separated widthwise of the strip 24 to permit transit of the conductors 16, 17, 18 and straps 48 therebetween.
  • a constraint means in the form of a bend keeper means, FIGS. 7, having two spaced-apart guide members 64, only one of which isshown, secured to one another by rigid connecting means 66 and having respective circular grooves 68 through which outer edges of the strip 24 slidably extend in guided cooperation and which are sufficiently separated widthwise of the strip 24 to permit transit of the conductors 16, 17, 18 and straps 48 therebetween.
  • a horizontal loop-supporting apparatus comprising:
  • connecting means securing said strap members to said loop support strip with freedom for longitudinally adjustable relative movement therebetween.

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US4092997A (en) * 1977-01-26 1978-06-06 Clark Equipment Company Constraint means for flexible elements
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US4600817A (en) * 1982-11-12 1986-07-15 Schubert & Salzer Apparatus for guiding flexible supply lines
US4902150A (en) * 1987-01-06 1990-02-20 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha Printing apparatus with an elongated signal-transmitting flexible member
US4987442A (en) * 1988-11-08 1991-01-22 Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. Wiring device
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