| 摘要 |
<p>A flexible housing for use as a cable management system for a submarine mast is capable of flexing in a plane between predetermined limits. It comprises a conduit contained within a flexible outer jacket (60,62) and formed of a plurality of abutting segments (2,30) each having an opening (32) therethrough and forming a passage for containing transmission cables or lines. Each segment has a first pair of butting surfaces (20,42; 18,44) at each end on one side of the passage and a second pair of butting surfaces (16,38; 14,40) at the other side of the passage which prevent flexing of the housing beyond predetermined limits. The segments are coupled together by a pair of endless ligament loops (70) which pass through channels (10,12,54,56) in the segments and over pulleys (72) at each end of the housing. The segments are of bi-concave (30) and bi-convex (2) complementary configurations arranged alternately along the length of the conduit. <IMAGE></p> |
