Rotatable bellows-like cover

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Inventors: Ross, Sr., Victor H.; Ross, Jr., Victor H.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Callaghan; Thomas F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Harpman & Harpman

Rotatable bellows-like covers made up of a number of sections, each formed from annular elements, incorporate a rotatable section permitting the cover to expand and contract lengthwise and simultaneously permit rotation of a portion thereof with respect to another portion. The rotatable bellows-like covers are particularly suitable for protectively enclosing movable mechanical arms on welding robots and the like and specifically the hinged portions thereof which are movable in angular relation to one another and rotatable with respect to one another.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Although but two embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and having thus described my invention what I claim is: 1.
An improvement in a bellows-like flexible cover for a machine device having a movable joint therein to be covered, said cover comprising a plurality of centrally apertured annular flexible elements, some of which are affixed to one another at their outer peripheral edges and at their inner peripheral edges respectively to form a first bellows section of said cover and some of which are joined to one another at their outer peripheral edges and at their inner peripheral edges respectively to form a second bellows section of said cover, the improvement comprising a rotatable connection between said first and second bellows sections of said cover and comprising the disposition of one of said centrally apertured annular flexible elements on one end of one of said bellows sections of said cover between an attached pair of said centrally apertured annular flexible elements on an adjacent end of the other bellows section of said cover, a secondary centrally apertured annular flexible element attached at its outer peripheral edge to the outer peripheral edge of said centrally apertured annular flexible element disposed between said attached pair of centrally apertured annular flexible elements, an annular ring disposed in said area defined by said secondary centrally apertured annular flexible element adjacent its point of attachment to said centrally apertured flexible element disposed between said attached pair of centrally apertured annular flexible elements.
2.
The improvement in a bellows-like flexible cover set forth in claim 1 and wherein said annular ring is rigid.
3.
The improvement in a bellows-like flexible cover set forth in claim 1 and wherein said annular ring is resilient

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