Patent attributes
To provide a cable or the like protection and guide device excellent in endurance and reliability by preventing breakage of a flexible cable-shaped body (cable, rope, wire or the like). A cable or the like protection and guide device of the invention includes link frame members (10) each having a rectangular section, and a pair of flexible cable-shaped members (20) insertion-passing through the respective guide holes (15) formed on both side walls of the link member. A cable or the like is inserted into the link frame members to be protected and guided in a state where a number of the link frame members are articulately connected to each other by the flexible cable-shaped members. The guide hole (15) through which the flexible cable-shaped member is insertion-passed is formed of an arc surface (15b) concentric with an arc formed of mutually bent said link frame members.