Guide chain for guiding energy lines

Claim 1

A guide chain for guiding energy liens from a stationary connection to a movable consuming device, said guide chain comprising: a plurality of chain members being connected with one another as to be pivotable about a pivot angle, each one of said chain members being comprised of: two side portions arranged at a distance parallel to one another, each one of said side portions having a first recessed portion in a face outwardly oriented relative to said chain member and a second recessed portion in a face inwardly oriented relative to said chain member; two transverse elements connecting said side portions with one another; a disk-shaped stop insert for limiting said pivot angle, said stop insert being fixedly inserted into said first recessed portion, said stop insert having two radially extending slots arranged diametrically oppositely one another and two cutouts arranged diametrically oppositely one another, said cutouts being arc-shaped and spaced at a staggering angle relative to said radially extending slots, said cutouts determining said pivot angle; stops being fastened to said side portion within said first and second recessed portions, said stops engaging said radially extending slots and said cutouts of said disk-shaped stop insert, with first ones of said stops arranged within said first recessed portion along a longitudinal axis of said side portion, said first stops engaging said radially extending slots, and second ones of said stops arranged within said second recessed portion displaced by a displacement angle relative to said longitudinal axis, said second stops engaging said cutouts of said disk-shaped stop insert of a neighboring one of said guide portions within said guide chain.