Wire guide and optical fiber storage spool assembly
First Claim
1. An assembly for use with a patch panel housing connectors for optical fibers and wires, said assembly comprising:
- at least one wire guide having a first side for engaging with the patch panel for support thereon, and a second side opposite first side of said wire guide for guiding conductive wires to respective connectors;
an optical fiber storage spool for storing slack optical fibers to be coupled to respective connectors; and
means for mounting said storage spool to said second side of said wire guide.
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Abstract
A wire guide and optical fiber storage spool assembly of this invention is adapted to engage with a patch panel housing optical fiber or conductive wire connectors. The wire guide has a substantially C-shaped pan with a gap through which can be laterally passed conductive wires attached to connectors of the patch panel. The first side of the C-shaped part has a locking member for releasably engaging the patch panel, while the second side of the C-shaped part has a slide for connecting the storage spool to the wire guide. Slide receptacles on the storage spool base releasably lock into engagement with the wire guides so that the storage spool cannot inadvertently be released from its supporting wire guides. The optical fiber storage spool base supports a spool about which can be wound optical fibers connected by connectors in the patch panel. To confine the optical fibers in near proximity to an outside surface of the spool, substantially L-shaped members are supported by the base and curve toward the spool. Also, the spool has tabs extending outwardly from the spool which also tend to confine the optical fibers in near proximity to the spool. The storage spool also includes optical fiber cable holders against which optical fiber cables can be held using respective ties.
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8 Claims
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1. An assembly for use with a patch panel housing connectors for optical fibers and wires, said assembly comprising:
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at least one wire guide having a first side for engaging with the patch panel for support thereon, and a second side opposite first side of said wire guide for guiding conductive wires to respective connectors; an optical fiber storage spool for storing slack optical fibers to be coupled to respective connectors; and means for mounting said storage spool to said second side of said wire guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An assembly for use with a patch panel housing connectors for connecting optical fibers and wires, said assembly comprising:
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at least one wire guide having a first side forming at least one locking member for releasably engaging with the patch panel, and a second side opposite said first side of said wire guide for guiding wires to respective connectors, said second side forming at least one respective slide; and an optical fiber storage spool for storing slack optical fibers thereon forming at least one slide receptacle for releasably receiving the respective slide of each wire guide, to support the storage spool in close proximity with the patch panel. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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