Fiber container and associated optical communication device
AssigneeAsia Optical Co., Inc.
InventorsTsung-Yueh Tsai, Chin-Hsiang Wang, Yu-Ting Lee, Chih-Hsien Lin
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AssigneeAsia Optical Co., Inc.
InventorsTsung-Yueh Tsai, Chin-Hsiang Wang, Yu-Ting Lee, Chih-Hsien Lin
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A fiber container receiving optical fibers has a body, a space defined in the body, a reel disposed inside the body, wherein a groove is defined around the periphery of the reel. The optical fibers are twisted around the reel and received in the groove. Furthermore, the fiber container is able to apply to the active/passive optical communication device, such as an erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) or a dense wavelength division multiplexer (DWDM).
A fiber container comprising:
A fiber container comprising:
A passive optical communication device comprising:
A passive optical communication device comprising:
An active optical communication device comprising:
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Fibre lasers: housings; Packages
Devices using the process of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
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1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a fiber container, and more particularly to a fiber container applied to an active/passive optical communication device.
2. Related Art
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional fiber container for the DWDM;
FIG. 2 illustrates the DWDM units packed inside the conventional fiber container of FIG. 1;
FIGS. 3A and 3B are exploded perspective views respectively showing two embodiments of a fiber container in accordance with the present invention;
With reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B, a fiber container (10) of the present invention is shown. In FIG. 3A, the fiber container (10) is formed by a body (11), a cover (21), a positioning pin (15) and a reel (31). The body (11) is defined with a space (12) therein and a plurality of holes (14) at one side of the body (11). The positioning pin (15) is formed on the bottom of the body (11) and inside the space (12). The reel (31) is formed as a substantially circular shape and its diameter is approximately two inches. An axle hole (32) is defined at the center of the reel (31) to allow the positioning pin (15) to insert therethrough. Furthermore, at least one operating means (34), such as a hole, is defined in the reel (31) around the axle hole (32), whereby a user can turn the reel (31) to rotate relative to the positioning pin (15). A pair of first platform portions (36) integrally and oppositely extend from the upper rim of the reel (31). Further, a pair of second platform portions (38) integrally and oppositely extend from the lower rim of the reel (31), wherein the second paired platform portions (38) are crisscross arranged relative to the first paired platform portions (36) to define a groove (39) around the periphery of the reel (36). A blocking plate (381) is perpendicularly formed along the edge of each platform portion (38), whereby when the fibers are twisted in the groove (39), the block plate (381) prevents the fibers escaping from the groove (39).
In the present invention, a partition can be applied to divide the space (12) into several subspaces. With reference to FIG. 3B, the fiber container (50) further includes a partition (57) placed inside the space (52) to divide the space (52) into a first subspace (not numbered) and a second subspace (not numbered). Multiple supporting pillars (59) are disposed in the body (51) to support and position the partition (57). The partition (57) further has an intercommunicating portion, such as a hole (571) and a slit (573) communicating with the hole (571), to communicate the adjacent subspaces.
In each subspace, a reel (61) is placed inside. As shown in FIG. 3B, each subspace has a reel (61) disposed therein, and each reel (61) is retained at a positioning pin (55). Therefore, the optical fibers twisted around first reel (61) are able to extend through the hole (571) into another subspace to twist around second reel (61).