Interconnecting and distributing box for optical fibers
First Claim
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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Abstract
An optical fiber interconnecting and distributing box includes a base, a cover, and a movable pivotable panel dividing the box into two compartments. Rack-mounted connectors each connect an end section of a first optical fiber from an array of cables to an end section of a second optical fiber from another array of cables. The base contains practically circular flat loops of the first fibers that enter the first compartment through holes in a base wall. The cover contains the connectors. End sections of the first fibers run through an aperture in the panel. The second fibers are arranged as circular flat loops and have end portions entering the second compartment through sides of the cover. The first fibers are intended to be pre-wired, i.e. each first fiber is definitively ascribed to a connector. Distributing involves withdrawing the end section of a second fiber that is initially inserted in a connector into another connector. In one embodiment, the panel carries two racks for connecting the first and second optical fibers via optical fiber jumpers.
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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.
- 7. 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 an exterior box wall including at least one aperture for receiving a fiber of the arrays, said panel having at least one aperture for receiving a fiber of the arrays, first and second optical fiber connecting devices mounted in said second compartment, optical fiber jumpers mounted in said second compartment, each first optical fiber connecting device connecting an end section of an optical fiber from said first array to one end of one of said optical fiber jumpers, each second optical fiber connecting device connecting a second end of one of said optical fiber jumpers and one of the fibers from said second array, fibers of said first array entering the first compartment via the at least one aperture in the first compartment exterior box wall 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 first connecting device, fibers of said second array entering the second compartment via the at least one aperture in the second compartment exterior box wall and being arranged in flat loops in said second compartments, fibers from said second array having end sections in the second compartment inserted into said second connecting devices, opposite first and second ends of the jumpers being respectively inserted into the first and second connecting devices so that the end sections of the fibers of the first and second arrays are optically coupled together by the connecting devices and the jumpers in the second compartment.
- 11. A box for interconnecting first and second arrays of optical fibers comprising a panel mounted in the box for dividing the box into first and second compartments, first optical fiber connectors mounted in the first compartment, end portions of certain fibers of the first and second arrays extending through exterior box walls of the first compartment into said first compartment being optically connected together by said first connectors, second and third connectors mounted in the second compartment, end portions of other fibers of the first and second arrays being respectively connected to the second and third connectors, optical fiber jumpers arranged as flat loops connected to the second and third connectors so that the end portions of the other fibers of the first and second arrays are optically coupled to each other via the jumpers and the second and third connectors, the other fibers of the first and second arrays being arranged in flat loops in the second compartment, the other fibers of the first and second arrays extending through an aperture in at least one wall of the second compartment.
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