Cable carrier guide
View Patent ↗A long travel cable carrier guide has a plurality of guideposts that support an upper portion of a cable carrier. The plurality of guideposts include horizontal rollers that rotate to allow the cable carrier to pass by the guideposts, but automatically return to a resting position wherein the horizontal rollers protrude into the path of the cable carrier.
1. A guide for a cable carrier that travels along a path, the cable carrier having an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion, the guide comprising:
a plurality of guideposts positioned on either side of the path;
each of the plurality of guideposts having a roller assembly including at least one horizontal support roller attached to a rotation head;
the roller assembly including a base attached to a support post so that the base cannot rotate with respect to the support post; and
the rotation head is rotatably attached to the base and having a resting position and an engaged position, wherein the horizontal support roller provides support to the cable carrier when the rotation head is in the resting position, and the cable carrier may pass by the guidepost when the rotation head is in the engaged position;
the roller assembly further including a screw portion within a cavity;
the screw portion disposed between two springs within the cavity; and
the screw portion including a recess engaged with a protrusion on the rotation head that raises or lowers the screw portion when the rotation head rotates.
2. The guide of claim 1 , wherein the screw portion is biased to the center of the cavity.