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US 2002/0172489 A1Published application
Fiber splice holder with protected slack storage feature
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsBassel H. Daoud, David S. Kerr, Ivan Pawlenko
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Abstract
A fiber optic splice holder with a slack storage feature has a reel having a hub for fiber slack storage, and a means for holding a splice at its center, whereby fiber slack can be stored and retrieved while protecting the fiber splice, in a manner which avoids entanglement with other splices and fibers. The reel is supported by a reel holder, which can be reversibly mounted in a modular rack for easy storage, and permits easy access to individual splices and accompanying slack.
Claims12
An apparatus for protecting and providing slack to optical fibers having a splice portion therein comprising:
- a reel having fiber slack storage means, and fiber splice holder means, and
- a reel holder having reel accepting means for supporting said reel in said reel holder such that said reel is freely rotateable about its center,
- wherein said fiber slack can be stored and retrieved from said fiber storage means while protecting said splice portion therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.