Patch panel with lifting cassette removal
AssigneeAFL Telecommunications LLC
InventorZidi Ye
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Abstract
A patch panel includes a cabinet and a cassette. A pair of cassette guides is positioned within the cabinet. The pair of cassette guides are spaced along a lateral direction such that the cassette is receivable between the pair of cassette guides. The cassette is slidable along a transverse direction on the pair of cassette guides. At least one of the pair of cassette guides includes a first rail and a second rail that are spaced apart along a vertical direction. The cassette is slidable along the transverse direction between the first and second rails. Each end of the first rail is cantilevered such that each end of the first rail is moveable along the vertical direction.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A patch panel, comprising:
- an enclosure, the enclosure comprising a moveable front panel and top panel each configured to facilitate access within the enclosure;
- a pair of cassette guides positioned within the enclosure, wherein at least one of the pair of cassette guides comprises a first rail and a second rail that are spaced apart along a vertical direction that is perpendicular to a lateral direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the lateral direction, the pair of cassette guides spaced along the lateral direction;
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- a cassette receivable between the pair of cassette guides, the cassette slidable on the pair of cassette guides along the transverse direction, the cassette comprising a plurality of fiber optic connectors at a front of the cassette.
A patch panel, comprising:
- an enclosure, the enclosure comprising a moveable front panel and top panel each configured to facilitate access within the cabinet;
- a cassette, the cassette comprising a plurality of fiber optic connectors at a front of the cassette;
- a pair of cassette guides positioned within the enclosure, the pair of cassette guides mounted within the enclosure such that the pair of cassette guides are substantially fixed directly to the enclosure, the pair of cassette guides spaced along a lateral direction such that the cassette is receivable between the pair of cassette guides, the cassette slidable along a transverse direction on the pair of cassette guides,
- wherein at least one of the pair of cassette guides comprises a first rail and a second rail that are spaced apart along a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the lateral and transverse directions, the cassette slidable along the transverse direction between the first and second rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.