Adaptable cassette for coiling and splicing optical fibers
First Claim
1. An adaptable cassette for coiling and splicing optical fibers, said cassette including a bottom, a discontinuous rim substantially around the periphery of the bottom, retaining tabs on the rim, with the fibers being held underneath the tabs, holding means for holding optical fiber connections on the bottom, a closing cover attached to the rim, and optionally a cylinder on the bottom so that the fibers can be coiled around the cylinder and/or against the rim;
- wherein said bottom is plane and includes, at least on one side of a middle longitudinal axis, a first set of openings assigned to the optional removable fixing of said cylinder on said bottom, and, symmetrically on either side of said middle longitudinal axis, a plurality of openings co-operating to define a plurality of different second sets of openings, each set being assigned to the removable fixing of a connection support chosen from different supports, and selectively constituting said holding means, and wherein said cylinder is provided with a set of snap-fastening catches which fasten into said first set of openings, and each of said different supports is provided with its own set of snap-fastening catches which fasten into one of said second sets of openings.
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Abstract
The cassette has a bottom on which holding means are provided for holding optical fiber connections thereon, and optionally on which a cylinder is provided for coiling the fibers. The bottom includes different sets of openings. Either two connection supports chosen from different supports, or else one of said different connection supports and said cylinder are removably mounted side-by-side in two of said sets of openings, the supports and the cylinder having respective sets of snap-fastening catches corresponding to respective sets of openings. The cassette is thus made adaptable to being used in different ways.
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11 Claims
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1. An adaptable cassette for coiling and splicing optical fibers, said cassette including a bottom, a discontinuous rim substantially around the periphery of the bottom, retaining tabs on the rim, with the fibers being held underneath the tabs, holding means for holding optical fiber connections on the bottom, a closing cover attached to the rim, and optionally a cylinder on the bottom so that the fibers can be coiled around the cylinder and/or against the rim;
- wherein said bottom is plane and includes, at least on one side of a middle longitudinal axis, a first set of openings assigned to the optional removable fixing of said cylinder on said bottom, and, symmetrically on either side of said middle longitudinal axis, a plurality of openings co-operating to define a plurality of different second sets of openings, each set being assigned to the removable fixing of a connection support chosen from different supports, and selectively constituting said holding means, and wherein said cylinder is provided with a set of snap-fastening catches which fasten into said first set of openings, and each of said different supports is provided with its own set of snap-fastening catches which fasten into one of said second sets of openings.
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