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Interconnecting and distributing box for optical fibers

  • US 4,717,231 A
  • Filed: 01/05/1984
  • Issued: 01/05/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A box for interconnecting first and second optical fiber arrays comprising a panel mounted in said box dividing said box into first and second compartments, each of said compartments having at least one aperture for receiving a fiber of the arrays that extends from out of the box into the box, said panel having at least one aperture for receiving a fiber of the arrays that extends between said compartments, plural optical fiber connecting devices mounted in said second compartment, each optical fiber connecting device connecting an end section of an optical fiber from said first array to an end section of an optical fiber from said second array, fibers of said first array entering the first compartment via the at least one aperture in the first compartment and being arranged in flat loops in said first compartment, the fibers from said first array having end sections extending from the flat loops in said first compartment through the at least one aperture of the panel into the second compartment and being inserted into said connecting devices, fibers of said second array entering the second compartment via an exterior wall in the at least one aperture in the second compartment and being arranged in flat loops in said second compartment, fibers from said second array having end sections in the second compartment inserted into said connecting devices so that the end sections of the fibers of the first and second arrays are connected together by the connecting devices in the second compartment.

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