Optical fiber cable distribution frame and support
First Claim
1. An adaptive housing for use in an optical fiber cable distribution frame system, said housing comprising a box-like member open along the front thereof, a plurality of shelves arranged in stacked array in said member and mounted for individual movement through said open front from an enclosed position within said member to an access position substantially outside said member, each of said shelves being of substantially the same configuration, and each shelf containing at least one type of optical fiber cable support from a group consisting of cable storage spools, cable splice trays and cable connector support panels, said optical fiber cable support being removable from said shelf and replaceable with another type of optical fiber cable support from said group.
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Abstract
Adaptive racking and distribution frame systems for handling optical fiber cables and including racking sections with wall portions that can be replaced without removing the section or displacing cables in the section and further including housings with moveable shelves that can be adapted to hold optical fiber splices, optical fiber connectors or optical fiber storage spools.
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- 1. An adaptive housing for use in an optical fiber cable distribution frame system, said housing comprising a box-like member open along the front thereof, a plurality of shelves arranged in stacked array in said member and mounted for individual movement through said open front from an enclosed position within said member to an access position substantially outside said member, each of said shelves being of substantially the same configuration, and each shelf containing at least one type of optical fiber cable support from a group consisting of cable storage spools, cable splice trays and cable connector support panels, said optical fiber cable support being removable from said shelf and replaceable with another type of optical fiber cable support from said group.
- 9. An optical fiber cable support assembly comprising a housing of box-like configuration and open at the front thereof, a shelf mounted on said housing to pivot about an axis which extends along one side of the front of the housing to move from an enclosed position inside said housing to an access position substantially fully outside said housing, said housing being formed with an optical fiber cable opening located substantially diagonally across said housing from said axis through which an optical fiber cable can extend, and a cable abutment formation on said shelf at a location thereon which, when said shelf is at said enclosed position, is further from the front of said housing than a line extending from said axis to said optical fiber cable opening.
- 13. A tray for holding optical fiber cable splices in a manner to provide convenient access to modify the cable splices and to permit secure storage of said splices, said tray comprising a flat expensive bottom wall, an upright vertical circumferential wall extending up from said bottom wall at a location inwardly from its outer edges, said circumferential wall being formed with an opening to permit optical fiber cables to pass through to the region surrounded by said wall, flanges extending outwardly from the upper edge of said circumferential wall, at least one raised formation located in a region surrounded by said circumferential wall which defines, together with said circumferential wall, a channel for guiding buffer portions of optical fiber cables and an optical fiber cable splice holder mounting formation located within said region in communication with said channel.
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