US 5,335,349 AGranted

Telecommunication overhead cable distribution assembly

AssigneeTelect, Inc.

InventorsDuane B. Kutsch, Lloyd W. Lohf

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Abstract

The disclosed telecommunication overhead cable distribution system 10 includes a plurality of "T"-shaped distribution units 20 that are located at desired distribution locations. A plurality of cable support sections 22 extend, protect, and support the telecommunication cables between the distribution locations. Each section includes a plurality of identical support units 24 that are releasably interconnected to each other. Each unit is pivotable about a horizontal intra-unit axis "A" and about an inter-unit vertical axis "B". Each unit is comprised of a female member 26 and a male member 28 in which the male member is releasably interlocked with an adjacent female member. Such a system provides for a system having a minimum of components with a maximum of versatility. The ends of the section 22 fit into receptive cavities formed in the "T"-shaped distribution units 20.

Claims12

Dependent claims

In a telecommunication overhead cable distribution system having "T"-shaped distribution units at designated distribution locations and cable support sections extending between the distribution locations for distributing telecommunication cables vertically and horizontally to and from telecommunication termination panels while protecting and preventing the telecommunication cables from being bent in an arc of less than a predetermined radius of curvature, in which each cable support section comprises:

a plurality of interconnecting cable support units that are pivotally interconnected to each other for receiving and protecting the telecommunication cables between the "T"-shaped distribution units to enable the cables to be distributed in vertical orientations or horizontal orientations between the distribution locations;
each of the cable support units are articulatively interconnected to enable the units to be selectively pivoted both about a substantially vertical axis and about a substantially horizontal axis relative to the adjacent cable support units to enable the cables to be distributed in the vertical orientation and the horizontal orientation;
each of the cable support units having a male member and a female member that are mounted for pivotal movement relative to each other in a substantially vertical plane about the substantially horizontal axis;
said female member having a female connector element for receiving a complementary male connector element of an adjacent cable support unit to enable the unit to pivot in a substantially horizontal plane about the vertical axis.

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