Fiber distribution hub with swiveling frame body
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorsRandall D. Hutchison, Robert Schiffbauer
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Abstract
A fiber distribution hub configured to house a patch panel includes a plurality of walls forming a chamber, a first shelf attached to a first wall of the plurality of walls in the chamber, a first track supported by the first shelf, and a frame body configured to support the patch panel and to be coupled with the first shelf via the first track. The frame body is configured to shift along the first track between a stored position, a front-exposed position, and a back-exposed position.
Claims20
A fiber distribution hub configured to house patch panels, the fiber distribution hub comprising:
- a plurality of walls forming a chamber;
- a door hingedly attached to one of the plurality of walls;
- a cable wrap attached to a first wall of the plurality of walls inside the chamber;
- a first shelf attached to a second wall of the plurality of walls;
- a first pair of tracks configured to be supported on the first shelf and comprising portions that are parallel to one another and portions that are convergent to one another;
- a second shelf attached to the second wall;
- a second pair of tracks configured to be supported on the second shelf and comprising portions that are parallel to one another and portions that are convergent to one another;
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- a frame body configured to shift between a stored position, a front-exposed position, and a back-exposed position, the frame body including:
- a frame for attaching patch panels and having a top portion, a bottom portion, a front portion that protrudes from the chamber when the frame body is in the front-exposed position, and a back portion that protrudes from the chamber when the frame body is in the back-exposed position,
- a pair of top pivot pins attached to the top portion of the frame, the pair of top pivot pins being configured to be slidingly engaged with the first pair of tracks,
- a pair of bottom pivot pins attached to the bottom portion of the frame, the pair of bottom pivot pins being configured to be slidingly engaged with the second pair of tracks, and
- a cable shelf attached to the top portion of the frame above the first shelf, the cable shelf being configured to support fiber optic cables connected to the patch panels away from a path of the frame body.
A fiber distribution hub configured to house a patch panel, the fiber distribution hub comprising:
- a plurality of walls forming a chamber;
- a first shelf attached to a first wall of the plurality of walls of the chamber;
- a frame body configured to support the patch panel;
- wherein the first shelf includes a first track;
- wherein the frame body is configured to be coupled with the first shelf via the first track;
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- wherein the first track includes a pair of slots configured to allow the frame body to shift along the first track in a first direction and to allow the frame body to shift along the first track between a stored position, a front-exposed position, and a back-exposed position.
A frame support assembly configured to support a patch panel, the frame support assembly comprising:
- a first shelf including a first track;
- a frame body configured to support a patch panel;
- wherein the frame body is configured to be coupled with the first shelf via the first track;
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- wherein the first track includes a pair of slots configured to allow the frame body to shift along the first track in a first direction and to allow the frame body to shift along the first track between a stored position, a front-exposed position, and a back-exposed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.