Restoration kit for communications cable

A restoration kit for providing service around a damage location of a communications cable, said restoration kit comprising:

• a carrying case which includes first and second portions adapted to be secured together;
• a mounting platform which is disposed within said first portion of said carrying case and which includes a recess therein;
• a deployment reel which includes two spaced flanges and a hub extending between said flanges and which is supported on said mounting platform;
• a first closure which includes connective means disposed therein to facilitate connecting of optical fibers of optical fiber cables thereto;
• means for holding said first closure secured with respect to one of the flanges of said deployment reel;
• a second closure which is supported on said mounting platform and which includes optical fiber connective means to facilitate connections between optical fibers;
• a length of restoration optical fiber cable which is wound in convolutions on said hub of said deployment reel, said restoration optical fiber cable having one end portion, the optical fibers of which are adapted to be connected through connective means in said first closure to optical fibers of the damaged cable on one side of a damage location, secured in said first closure and another end portion, the optical fibers of which are adapted to be connected through connective means in said second closure to optical fibers of the damaged cable on an opposite side of the damage location, secured in said second closure;
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• a payout spindle which is supported to said mounting platform and which is adapted to have an end portion disposed in said recess in said mounting platform to cause said spindle to be disposed to facilitate the mounting of said deployment reel on said spindle such that said second closure together with the other end portion of said length of restoration optical fiber cable may be moved generally in any radial direction from said spindle in a direction normal to an axis of rotation of said reel to a location along the damaged cable which is remote from the damage location and at which connective arrangements are made within said second closure between optical fibers of said restoration cable and optical fibers of the damaged cable.