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Splice tray with slack take-up

  • US 5,066,149 A
  • Filed: 09/11/1990
  • Issued: 11/19/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A splice cabinet comprising:

  • a chassis;

    a plurality of drawers slidably mounted in the chassis and slidable between a first position with the drawer fully inserted within the chassis and the second position with the drawer extended from the interior of the chassis;

    each of said drawers having disposed thereon a splice tray for splicing together optical fibers;

    admitting means for admitting an optical fiber to be spliced from an exterior of a chassis into the drawer;

    take-up means for taking up a slack of fiber within a drawer as the drawer is moved from the first to the second position, said take-up means including a push member slidably mounted on the drawer and movable from a rear edge of a drawer toward a leading edge of the drawer.

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