Cable management panel with sliding drawer and methods
First Claim
1. A radius limiter for an optical fiber cable management panel;
- the radius limiter comprising;
(a) a frame piece defining a curved trough section;
(b) a cover member attached to the frame piece and positionable in an open position and a closed position, the cover member being sized to cover only part of the trough section when positioned in the closed position; and
(c) a bell-mouth structure that defines a trough entry into the curved trough section of the frame piece, the bell-mouth structure including an outwardly flared cable guide surface;
(d) wherein the outwardly flared cable guide surface circumscribes only part of the perimeter of the trough entry when the cover member is positioned in the open position, and wherein the outwardly flared cable guide surface circumscribes the entire perimeter of the trough entry when the cover member is positioned in the closed position.
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Abstract
An optical fiber cable management panel includes drawer assemblies, each including a drawer slidable within a chassis. The drawer assemblies are secured together by a bracket that includes an interlock arrangement with the chassis. Such an interlock arrangement includes a non-threaded stud engaging a hole. Radius limiters may be part of the drawer assembly and include a cable entry aperture have a closed perimeter and a flared cable guide surface around most of, and preferably all of, the closed perimeter to allow for the entry of cables from all directions. A control mechanism controls movement of the radius limiter relative to the drawer assembly. The control mechanism includes a rotating member that has an axis of rotation transverse to the slidable motion of the radius limiter and normal to the radius limiter.
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1. A radius limiter for an optical fiber cable management panel;
- the radius limiter comprising;
(a) a frame piece defining a curved trough section; (b) a cover member attached to the frame piece and positionable in an open position and a closed position, the cover member being sized to cover only part of the trough section when positioned in the closed position; and (c) a bell-mouth structure that defines a trough entry into the curved trough section of the frame piece, the bell-mouth structure including an outwardly flared cable guide surface; (d) wherein the outwardly flared cable guide surface circumscribes only part of the perimeter of the trough entry when the cover member is positioned in the open position, and wherein the outwardly flared cable guide surface circumscribes the entire perimeter of the trough entry when the cover member is positioned in the closed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- the radius limiter comprising;
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