Cable spool re-orientation device for a wall box
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas Parsons, Matthew J. Holmberg, James J. Solheid, Douglas C. Ellens, Thomas G. Leblanc
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Abstract
A telecommunications wall fixture includes a body configured for mounting to a wall, the body defining a mounting surface generally parallel to the wall when mounted. A cable storage spool is rotatably mounted to the body for storage and deployment of cable. A device is used for re-orienting the rotation axis of the spool from being generally perpendicular to the mounting surface to being generally non-perpendicular to the mounting surface, wherein the spool is configured such that the spool can be stored within the body when the spool is oriented to have the rotation axis generally perpendicular to the mounting surface.
Claims8
A telecommunications wall fixture comprising:
- a body configured for mounting to a wall surface or within a wall cavity, the body defining a mounting surface generally parallel to the wall when mounted;
- a cable storage spool rotatably mounted to the body for storage and deployment of cable;
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- a device for re-orienting a rotation axis of the spool from being generally perpendicular to the mounting surface to being generally non-perpendicular to the mounting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.