Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays
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Abstract
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining open rearward cable connections and open forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. The adapters being arranged in arrays that slide independently of other adapter arrays to provide access to the open rearward and open forward cable connections.
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26 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An adapter panel arrangement, comprising:
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a) a chassis having a front opening; b) a drawer that slides relative to the chassis; c) a plurality of sliding frame pieces carried by the drawer, the sliding frame pieces sliding independent of the drawer; and d) adapter arrays carried by the frame pieces, the adapter arrays being arranged in rows, the adapter arrays defining frontward open cable connection locations; e) wherein the adapter arrays slide with the frame pieces in a lateral direction independent of the other adapter arrays toward the front opening of the chassis to provide access to the frontward open cable connection locations of the adapter arrays. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An adapter panel arrangement, comprising:
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a) a chassis defining a chassis interior, the chassis having a front opening; b) a drawer that slides relative to the chassis; c) a face panel assembly mounted to the drawer, the face panel assembly defining rows of adapters, each row of adapters sliding in a lateral direction independent of the other rows of adapters toward the front opening of the chassis, each row of adapters further sliding independent of the drawer; and d) a front cover located adjacent to the front opening, the front cover enclosing the rows of adapters of the face panel assembly within the chassis interior when the front cover is closed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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