Telecommunications closures
AssigneeRaynet Corporation
InventorsLowell I. Kohy, Damian Kaczorowski
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Abstract
An optical fiber enclosure for a pedestal environment includes a pedestal which slideably supports a closure within the pedestal along a vertical direction so that during freeze-thaw envionrmental conditions when the pedestal is raised and lowered by expanding and contracting earth the closure does not impose undue stress on optical fiber cables connected thereto. Another enclosure suitable for buried applications also includes means for slideably extending an inner closure therefrom along a vertical direction to aid a craftsperson in accessing and working on the inner closure, the buried enclosure including means for allowing one or more loops of telecommunications cable to be stored therewithin for allowing the inner closure to be removed a substantial distance therefrom.
Claims8
A pedestal enclosure for sealing a telecommunication cable, comprising:
- a closure for sealingly enclosing a portion of a telecommunication cable;
- a pedestal surrounding the closure and having a bottom surface in contact with a ground surface, the pedestal including means for supporting the closure therein so as to allow the closure to be passively slideable along a vertical direction relative to the pedestal and the ground surface;
- the supporting means comprising a bracket fixably attached to the closure, and rail and channel means connectable to the bracket which allow the bracket to slide along the vertical direction relative to the pedestal.
A terminal block connection, comprising:
- a planar terminal block wall;
- firs and second sets of terminals disposed on opposite sides of an upper portion of the wall, each set including first and second vertically aligned rows of terminals connectable to electrical wires;
- a cylindrical closure for sealing portions of the wires leading from the terminals, a cylindrical axis of the closure being substantially parallel to the aligned rows of terminals, the terminal rows being disposed on opposite sides of the closure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.