US 12,264,761 B2
Line guiding device for hanging applications, particularly as a service loop for a drilling rig
Dominik Barten, Meckenheim (DE); and Harald Nehring, Bonn (DE)
Assigned to IGUS GMBH, Cologne (DE)
Filed by IGUS GMBH, Cologne (DE)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/459,785.
Application 18/459,785 is a continuation of application No. 17/254,095, granted, now 11,774,006, previously published as PCT/EP2019/066109, filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2018 103 418.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0407993 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 17/20 (2006.01); F16L 3/015 (2006.01); H02G 3/04 (2006.01); H02G 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/015 (2013.01) [E21B 17/20 (2013.01); H02G 3/0475 (2013.01); H02G 11/00 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A line routing apparatus to guide at least one line for hanging applications, comprising:
a flexible carrying strand which has tensile strength and which extends over a length of the line routing apparatus;
a plurality of guide bodies arranged in succession in a longitudinal direction of the carrying strand;
wherein adjacent guide bodies of the plurality of guide bodies are spatially deflectable relative to each other;
wherein each guide body of the plurality of guide bodies has a central part having a central axis extending coaxially relative to the carrying strand and an outer part having at least one peripheral element, wherein the at least one peripheral element outwardly delimits a receiving region open in an axial direction for the at least one line and is held to the central part;
wherein, in each guide body, the outer part is openable, wherein the at least one peripheral element is connected releasably, moveably and/or pivotably to the central part of the guide body;
wherein at least some of the guide bodies, at their central part, have a respective fixing device to fix the central part to the carrying strand; and
wherein the outer part of each guide body has two peripheral elements which are respectively connected to the central part pivotably by a joint operable for pivoting at least one of the peripheral elements into an opened position to insert the at least one line into the receiving region or remove the at least one line from the receiving region.