Fiber optic splice and patch enclosure
First Claim
1. A communication cable enclosure comprising:
- a generally hollow housing;
a splice area defined in said housing for splicing and containing cables;
a patch area defined in said housing and having a plurality of connectors positioned therein;
said connectors being attached to said cables at one end and having an accessible end for interconnecting said cables using patch cables having complementary connectorized ends;
said splice area and said patch area being positioned on a common shelf having a generally planar top on which said splice area and said patch area are located, said shelf having at least two opposed side portions generally perpendicularly attached to said planar top, said shelf being slidably retained within said housing;
said shelf and said housing having complementary interengagable and releasable locking means for retaining said shelf in a plurality of predetermined positions along a path which said shelf slidably travels.
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Abstract
A communication cable enclosure having a generally hollow housing, a splice area for splicing and containing cables and a patch area having multiple connectors attached to a patch panel. The multiple connectors attach to the cables at one end and are mounted to the patch panel at another end for interconnecting the cables using patch cables having matingly connectorized ends. The splice area and patch area are positioned on a generally planar top of a common shelf which has at least two side portions. The shelf is slidably retained generally parallelly co-planar the planar top. The shelf and hollow housing have locking pieces for retaining the shelf in predetermined positions along a path which it slidably travels into and out of the hollow body. The locking pieces include a locking protuberance retained on a spring portion which is fixedly retained on the hollow housing, the locking protuberance biasedly projects through a protuberance aperture formed through a side of the hollow body portion for engaging another aperture formed in the side portions of the shelf.
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11 Claims
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1. A communication cable enclosure comprising:
- a generally hollow housing;
a splice area defined in said housing for splicing and containing cables;
a patch area defined in said housing and having a plurality of connectors positioned therein;
said connectors being attached to said cables at one end and having an accessible end for interconnecting said cables using patch cables having complementary connectorized ends;
said splice area and said patch area being positioned on a common shelf having a generally planar top on which said splice area and said patch area are located, said shelf having at least two opposed side portions generally perpendicularly attached to said planar top, said shelf being slidably retained within said housing;
said shelf and said housing having complementary interengagable and releasable locking means for retaining said shelf in a plurality of predetermined positions along a path which said shelf slidably travels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- a generally hollow housing;
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8. A communication cable enclosure having a generally hollow housing and a splice area for splicing and containing cables and a patch area having multiple connectors attached to a patch panel retained therein;
- said multiple connectors attaching to said cables at one end and having an accessible end for interconnecting said cables using patch cables having matingly complementary connectorized ends;
said splice area and said patch area being positioned on a generally planar top of a common shelf, said shelf having at least two opposed side portions attached to said planar top, said shelf being slidably concealable in said hollow housing and slidably retained generally parallelly co-planar said planar top when extracted from said hollow housing;
said shelf and hollow housing having complementary interengagable and releasable locking means for releasably retaining said shelf in a plurality of predetermined positions along a path which said shelf slidably travels into and out of said hollow housing;
said locking means comprising a locking protuberance retained on biasing means, said biasing means fixedly retained on said hollow housing, said locking protuberance biasedly projecting through a protuberance aperture formed through a side of said hollow housing for engaging a generally conforming protuberance receiving means formed on a corresponding portion of at least one of said at least two opposed side portions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
- said multiple connectors attaching to said cables at one end and having an accessible end for interconnecting said cables using patch cables having matingly complementary connectorized ends;
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