Fiber-optic apparatus
AssigneeCorning Research & Development Corporation
InventorsChristophe Joseph Marie Corbille, Michel Teva Menguy
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Abstract
A fiber-optic apparatus is disclosed, comprising: a housing defining an interior; an access means for accessing the interior of the housing; at least one opening for a fiber optic cable; an organizer for managing one or more optical fibers in the closure, the organizer comprising an organizer tray configured to receive one or more fiber-optic storage trays; and one or more support rails configured to retain the organizer tray at one of a plurality of discrete levels with respect to a base of the closure, wherein the organizer tray can be moved between the discrete levels; the fiber-optic apparatus further comprising: a storage portion adjacent the organizer configured to retain unused optical fibers.
Claims22
A fiber-optic apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an interior;
- an access means for accessing the interior of the housing;
- at least one opening for a fiber optic cable;
- an organizer for managing one or more optical fibers in a closure, the organizer comprising:
- an organizer tray configured to receive one or more fiber-optic storage trays;
- and
- one or more support rails configured to retain the organizer tray at one of a plurality of discrete levels with respect to a base of the closure, wherein;
- the organizer tray can be moved between the plurality of discrete levels,
- the one or more support rails comprise one or more supports at each of the plurality of levels, each support projecting from its corresponding support rail to support the organizer tray, and
- each support can transition between a support position, in which the support can engage with the organizer tray to support the organizer tray, into a disengaged position, in which the support does not support the organizer tray;
- the fiber-optic apparatus further comprising:
- a storage portion adjacent the organizer configured to retain unused optical fibers.
A fiber-optic apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an interior;
- an access means for accessing the interior of the housing;
- at least one opening for a fiber optic cable;
- an organizer for managing one or more optical fibers in a closure, the organizer comprising:
- an organizer tray configured to receive one or more fiber-optic storage trays;
- and
- a first support rail and a second support rail coupled to a base of the closure and configured to retain the organizer tray at one of a plurality of discrete levels with respect to the base of the closure, wherein:
- the organizer tray can be moved between the plurality of discrete levels,
- each of the first support rail and the second support rail comprise a plurality of supports at each of the plurality of discrete levels, each support projecting from its corresponding support rail to support the organizer tray between the first support rail and the second support rail;
- the fiber-optic apparatus further comprising:
- a storage portion adjacent the organizer configured to retain unused optical fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.