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Wire guide and optical fiber storage spool assembly

  • US 5,668,910 A
  • Filed: 05/29/1996
  • Issued: 09/16/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wire guide for use with a patch panel housing connectors coupled to conductive wires, the wire guide comprising:

  • a C-shaped part for receiving and confining conductive wire, having a first side,a first angled member extending from the first side of the C-shaped part of the wire guide;

    a second angled member extending from the first side of the C-shaped part, the second angled member capable of flexing along a path in a first direction toward the first angled member; and

    a locking member supported by the first side of the C-shaped part, the locking member normally disposed with an end in close proximity to the second angled member to prevent the second angled member from flexing, the locking member capable of flexing in a second direction transverse to the first direction in which the second angled member is flexed toward the first angled member, to clear the path along which the second angled member can be flexed toward the first angled member.

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