Splice holder device
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsJames Carpenter, Douglas Hills, Chansool Park, Donald Larson, Paul Winberg
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Abstract
A splice holder device includes a tray mountable in a telecommunications closure, the tray including a splice mounting mechanism configured to receive a splice device. The splice holder device also includes first and second fiber clamps disposed on the tray, wherein the first and second fiber clamps are each configured to releasably secure a buffered portion of an optical fiber. The tray can include a single splice device, such as a mechanical splice, mounted therein or can include a plurality of splice devices mounted therein. The splice holder device can be configured to be securedly mounted in a telecommunications enclosure.
Claims22
A splice holder device, comprising:
- a tray mountable in a telecommunications closure, the tray including a splice mounting mechanism configured to receive a splice device;
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- first and second fiber clamps disposed on the tray, wherein the first and second fiber clamps are each configured to releasably secure a buffered portion of an optical fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.