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Fiber optic cabinet and tray

  • US 6,215,938 B1
  • Filed: 09/21/1998
  • Issued: 04/10/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An optical fiber tray for a cabinet having walls defining an interior and an opening providing access to the interior, the cabinet further having aligned cabinet guides disposed within the interior on opposite sides of the opening, the tray comprising:

  • a generally planar tray base having a tray axis orthogonal to the base;

    the base having a peripheral edge sized for opposite portions of the peripheral edge to be slidably engaged with opposing ones of the aligned cabinet guides when the tray base is in any one of multiple rotational positions about the tray axis and with the tray slidable through the opening into the cabinet interior;

    a first fiber pathway guide carried on the tray base for receiving a wound amount of optical fiber on the guide as the tray base is rotated about the tray axis;

    an optical fiber tie location configured and arranged for receiving a tie mechanism for tying the optical fiber to the tray.

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