Cable management rack with pass-through tray
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorsRey Bravo, Richard D. Cozad, Alan F. Wojcik
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Abstract
A cable management rack for routing cables thereon. The rack has a front side and a rear side. The rack includes a frame, first and second frame-mountable components, each of the components having a plurality of ports configured for receiving an end of one of the cables therein, and a frame-mountable pass-through tray disposed on the frame between the first and second components, the pass-through tray for routing the cables between the front side of the rack and the rear side of the rack.
Claims31
A cable management rack for routing cables thereon, said rack having a front side and a rear side and said rack comprising:
- a frame;
- first and second frame-mountable components, each of said components having a plurality of ports configured for receiving an end of one of said cables therein;
- and
- a frame-mountable pass-through tray disposed on said frame between said first and second components, said pass-through tray for routing said cables between said front side of said rack and said rear side of said rack.
A pass-through tray mountable to a cable management rack having front and rear sides between a pair of rack-mountable components, said pass-through tray for routing cables between said front side of said rack and said rear side of said rack and said tray comprising:
- a base for supporting said cables thereon;
- and
- at least one mounting portion extending generally from said base for permitting said tray to be mounted to said rack.
A method for routing a cable having first and second ends from a first cable management rack to a second cable management rack, each of said racks having at least one cable end-receiving port thereon on a front side thereof, and each of said racks additionally having a rear side, each of said racks having at least one rack-mounted pass-through tray mounted thereon at approximately the same elevation, said second rack including a rear vertical elevator and a slack manager, each of said pass-through trays including a rear channel and at least said tray on said second rack including a waterfall portion, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting said first end of said cable into said port on said first cable management rack;
- routing said cable generally transversely over a fan at approximately the same elevation as said port on said first cable management rack;
- routing said cable vertically to a rack-mounted pass-through tray;
- routing said cable through said pass-through tray from said front side of said first rack to said rear side of said first rack;
- routing said cable into said rear channel of said tray on said first rack;
- routing said cable transversely through said rear channel of said tray on said first rack;
- routing said cable transversely from said rear channel of said tray on said first rack to said rear channel on said tray on said second rack;
- routing said cable through said waterfall portion of said rear channel on said second rack;
- routing said cable from said waterfall portion to said rear vertical elevator of said second rack;
- routing said cable from down said rear vertical elevator to said slack manager of said second rack;
- routing said cable from said slack manager of said second rack up to a fan at approximately the same elevation as said port on said second cable management rack;
- routing said cable over said fan to said port on said second cable management rack;
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- inserting said second end of said cable into said port on said second cable management rack.
A multiple-rack system of cable management racks for routing cables thereon and therebetween, at least one of said racks having a front side and a rear side and said one rack comprising:
- a frame;
- first and second frame-mountable components, each of said components having a plurality of ports configured for receiving an end of one of said cables therein;
- and
- a frame-mountable pass-through tray disposed on said frame between said first and second components, said pass-through tray for routing said cables between said front side of said one rack and said rear side of said one rack.
A method for routing a cable having first and second ends from a first cable management rack to a second cable management rack, each of said racks having at least one cable end-receiving port thereon on a front side thereof, and each of said racks additionally having a rear side, each of said racks having at least one rack-mounted pass-through tray mounted thereon at approximately the same elevation, said second rack including a rear vertical elevator and a slack manager, each of said pass-through trays including a rear channel and at least said tray on said second rack including a waterfall portion, said method comprising the steps of:
- inserting said first end of said cable into said port on said first cable management rack;
- routing said cable generally transversely over a fan at approximately the same elevation as said port on said first cable management rack;
- routing said cable vertically to a rack-mounted pass-through tray;
- routing said cable through said pass-through tray from said front side of said first rack to said rear side of said first rack;
- routing said cable into said rear channel of said tray on said first rack;
- routing said cable transversely through said rear channel of said tray on said first rack;
- routing said cable transversely from said rear channel of said tray on said first rack to said rear channel on said tray on said second rack;
- routing said cable from said rear channel of said tray on said second rack to said rear vertical elevator of said second rack;
- routing said cable from said rear vertical elevator of said second rack to a second rack-mounted pass-through tray on said second rack;
- routing said cable through said second rack-mounted pass-through tray on said second rack to a front side of said second rack;
- routing said cable to said slack manager of said second rack;
- routing said cable from said slack manager of said second rack up to a fan at approximately the same elevation of said port on said second cable management rack;
- routing said cable over said fan to said port on said second cable management rack;
- and inserting said second end of said cable into said port on said second cable management rack.
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