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US 11,994,731 B2Granted
Optical fiber pedestal box
AssigneeClearfield, Inc.
InventorsJohn P. Hill, Todd M. Bade, Walter E. Power, II
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Abstract
An optical fiber pedestal box comprises a pedestal having a rail and an optical fiber box configured to mount to the pedestal. The optical fiber box is restricted in movement by at least one cable and the pedestal is configured to slide relative to the optical fiber box to accommodate cables moving because of ground heaving during freezing and thawing. The optical fiber pedestal box may be configured to receive different sizes and types of optical fiber cables.
Claims19
An optical fiber pedestal box comprising:
- a pedestal having a single rail positioned at a rear panel of the pedestal;
- an optical fiber box having a plurality of protruding bolts configured to slidably engage with the single rail of the pedestal and to restrict movement of the optical fiber box to a vertical direction relative to the pedestal;
- and
- a cable entrance plate assembly configurable to receive different sizes of optical fiber cables;
- wherein the optical fiber box is restricted in movement by at least one cable.
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An optical fiber pedestal box comprising:
- a pedestal having a single rail positioned at a rear panel of the pedistal;
- an optical fiber box having a plurality of protruding bolts configured to slidably engage with the single rail of the pedestal and to restrict movement of the optical fiber box to a vertical direction relative to the pedestal;
- and
- a cable entrance plate assembly coupled to the optical fiber box and configurable to receive different sizes of optical fiber cables;
- wherein the cable entrance plate assembly comprises a plurality of channels of different widths for defining optical fiber cable ports of varying sizes, at least one channel of the plurality of channels having a plurality of marked portions configured to be breakable so as to adjust a length of the at least one channel for defining optical fiber cable ports of varying sizes.
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An optical fiber pedestal box comprising:
- a pedestal having a single rail positioned at a rear panel of the pedestal;
- an optical fiber box having a plurality of protruding bolts configured to slidably engage with the single rail of the pedestal and to restrict movement of the optical fiber box to a vertical direction relative to the pedestal;
- and
- a cable entrance plate assembly configurable to receive different sizes of optical fiber cables;
- wherein the cable entrance plate assembly comprises a first plate including the plurality of channels, and a second plate configured to directly couple to the first plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.