OPTICAL FIBER DISTRIBUTION FRAME WITH OUTSIDE PLANT ENCLOSURE
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Abstract
A fiber optic telecommunications frame is provided including panels having front and rear termination locations, the panels positioned on left and right sides of the frame. The frame includes vertical access for the rear cables. The frame further includes left and right vertical cable guides for the front patch cables. The frame further includes cable storage spools for the patch cables. The frame includes a horizontal passage linking the left and right panels and the cable guides. A portion of the frame defines splice tray holders and a central passage from the splice tray holders to the rear sides of the left and right panels. From a front of each panel, access to a rear of the panel is provided by the hinged panels. Alternatively, the panels can form connector modules with front termination locations and rear connection locations for connecting to the rear cables. The modules can house couplers, such as splitters, combiners, and wave division multiplexers. The termination locations can be located on the same side of the frame as the splice tray holders, or on an opposite side. An enclosure of the frame included hinged or otherwise moveable panels to allow access to the terminations or the splice trays.
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37 Claims
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24. A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
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an outside plant housing having a front, a rear, a horizontal top, a horizontal bottom, and left and right vertical spaced apart sides connecting the top and the bottom, the housing defining an interior with an open front; a door hingedly attached about a vertical rotation axis at the front of the housing for selectively accessing the interior through the open front of the interior; a vertical array of termination modules inserted into and removable from termination module receiving volumes defined by the housing and within the interior, each of the termination modules including at least one horizontal row of at least eight ports, the ports facing at least partially towards the front of the housing, each port providing access to an interior of a fiber optic adapter supported by the termination module; a first vertical row of fiber organizing structures positioned to the right of the vertical array of a plurality of termination modules and to the left of the right vertical side; a second vertical row of fiber organizing structures positioned to the right of the first vertical row of a plurality of fiber organizing structures and to the left of the right vertical side; wherein a lowermost of the fiber organizing structures of the first vertical row is positioned below a lowermost of the plurality of termination modules; wherein fronts of the termination modules are positioned at least partially rearward of the fiber organization structures of the second vertical row; wherein the termination modules are vertically spaced apart from the bottom of the housing; and wherein the housing defines routing paths for optical fibers, the routing paths extending within the interior from below the termination modules to one or more of the fiber organizing structures and then to the ports of the termination modules. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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