Rapid deployment packaging for optical fiber
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorMichael James Ott
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Abstract
A packaging arrangement for telecommunications cabling is disclosed herein. The packaging arrangement includes a modular spool assembly defined by a first flange, an opposing second flange, and a spool hub separating the first flange from the second flange, wherein a telecommunications cable may be wound between the first and second flanges. Each flange defines a first cable contact side, a second cable-end storage side, and an opening allowing the telecommunications cable to pass from the first side to the second side, the second side defining a storage compartment for storing an end of the telecommunications cable passing through the opening in the flange.
Claims10
A cable deployment system comprising:
- a plurality of carriers detachably coupled together, each carrier including a retention structure for holding a telecommunications device terminated to an end of a telecommunications cable;
- each carrier including a first interlock structure and a second interlock structure, wherein the first interlock structure is configured to be interlocked with the second interlock structure of another one of the carriers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.