Cable management in rack systems
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsChad Anderson, Michael Wentworth, Craig Fleming
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Abstract
A rack system includes one or more racks each configured to receive at least one distribution module. Each rack includes management sections located at the front of the rack; troughs located at the rear of the rack; horizontal channels extending between the management sections and the trough; a storage area located at a first of opposing sides of the rack; a front vertical channel that connects to the storage area and at least some of the management sections; and a travel channel at the rear of the first rack that connects the storage area to the troughs.
Claims22
(canceled)
A rack having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom, a first side, and a second side, the rack comprising:
- a plurality of rear troughs at the rear of the rack;
- a plurality of front-facing ports mounted to the rack at a location intermediate the front and rear, the front-facing ports being configured to move horizontally relative to the rack between a retracted position and an extended position that is forward of the retracted position, the front-facing ports being separated into groups with each group being associated with one of the rear troughs;
- a first plurality of bend radius limiters located at the front of the rack, each bend radius limiter being associated with one of the groups of front-facing ports;
- a plurality of horizontal channels located on the rack, each horizontal channel extending between one of the bend radius limiters at the front of the rack and one of the rear troughs at the rear of the rack;
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- a storage area located at the first side of the rack, the storage area including a plurality of management spools.
The rack of claim 2, wherein the front ports are moved about three inches between the retracted and extended positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.