Splice tray with slack take-up
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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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Abstract
A splice cabinet is disclosed having a chassis with a plurality of drawers slidably mounted in the chassis. Each of the drawers has a splice tray and a take-up spool slidably mounted on the drawer.
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1. A splice cabinet comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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