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AssigneeNexans
InventorsJean-Pierre Thibault, Alain Vincent, Alain Lepeuve, Bertrand Joly, Didier Lecomte
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The distribution frame and the method relate to a telecommunication installation in which optical fiber links are connected to connection members formed by sockets distributed on the front face of at least one distribution rack and in which jumpers provide the links between the connection members to which the links are individually connected. A robotized set of specialized tools is provided: to mount a plug on one end of a jumper reserve stored in coiled form; to position the plug in a connection member of a socket; to fit the jumper uncoiled from this member as far as another member; to adjust the length and to cut a section of uncoiled jumper; and to mount a plug on the end of the section and to position this plug in the other member.
A high-density optical distribution frame for selectively interconnecting optical fiber links by means of jumpers, which also consist of optical fibers, within the context of a telecommunication installation in which firstly said distribution frame comprises sockets, which are arranged in rows on parallel support members in a two-dimensional matrix structure and which are provided with individual connection members for the links, and in which secondly each individual connection member of a socket is designed to cooperate with a complementary connection member with which the end of a jumper is equipped, which complementary connection member is placed on the front face of said socket, said distribution frame comprising one or more distribution racks on one side of which is provided an area for the jumpers to run, the latter being fitted with plug-in connection members on each of their ends so as to each connect an individual junction member of a socket carried by a support member to another individual junction member of another socket carried by another support member, in which distribution frame said socket supports are mounted on the front face of said distribution rack, said cross-connect area being open toward the front in order to receive said jumpers during the process of making jumper connections which is carried out by a robotized set of specialized tools, which is capable of acting, being moved and positioned with respect to said sockets so as:
A method for making jumper connections for an optical distribution frame, allowing selective interconnection of optical fiber links by means of jumpers, which also consist of optical fibers, within the context of a telecommunication installation, in which said distribution frame comprises sockets, which are arranged in rows, on parallel support members on the front face of one or more distribution racks defining a two-dimensional matrix structure, and which are equipped with individual connection members for the links, and where each individual connection member of a socket is designed to cooperate with a complementary plug-in connection member with which the end of a jumper is fitted, and which complementary plug-in connection member is placed on the front face of said socket, in which method a jumper is placed between two individual connection members belonging to different sockets of said distribution frame by means of a robotized set of specialized tools which carries out the following succession of operations:
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