Fiber optic cabinet and tray

An optical fiber tray for a cabinet having walls defining an interior and an opening providing access to the interior, the cabinet further having aligned guides disposed within the interior on opposite sides of the opening, the splice tray comprising:

• a generally planar tray base having a tray axis orthogonal to the base;
• the base having a peripheral edge sized for opposite portions of the peripheral edge to be slidably engaged with opposing ones of the aligned guides regardless of a rotational position of the tray base about the tray axis and with the tray slidable through the opening into the cabinet interior;
• a first fiber splice holder carried on the tray base for providing a site for splicing optical fibers;
• a first fiber pathway guide carried on the tray base for receiving a wound amount of optical fiber on the guide as the tray base is rotated about the tray axis;
• an optical fiber tie location configured and arranged for receiving a tie mechanism for tying the optical fiber to the tray.

A combination fiber optic cabinet and tray comprising:

• a cabinet having:
• walls defining an interior and an opening providing access to the interior;
• aligned guides disposed within the interior on opposite sides of the opening;
• a splice tray having:
• a generally planar tray base having a tray axis orthogonal to the base;
• the base having a peripheral edge sized for opposite portions of the peripheral edge to be slidably engaged with opposing ones of the aligned guides regardless of a rotational position of the tray base about the tray axis and with the tray slidable through the opening into the cabinet interior;
• a first fiber pathway guide carried on the tray base for receiving a wound amount of optical fiber on the guide as the tray base is rotated about the tray axis;
• an optical fiber tie location configured and arranged for receiving a tie mechanism for tying the optical fiber to the tray.

An optical fiber splice tray comprising:

• a generally planar tray base having a tray axis orthogonal to the base, the base having a generally circular peripheral edge;
• a first fiber pathway guide carried on the tray base for receiving a wound amount of optical fiber on the guide as the tray base is rotated about the tray axis, wherein the first fiber pathway guide is a spool carried on the tray base and dimensioned to be recessed from the peripheral edge and having a spool axis colinear with the tray axis, wherein the spool includes at least portions of a cylindrical wall having a cylindrical axis colinear with the tray axis and with the portions of the cylindrical wall secured to the tray base and spaced inwardly from the tray peripheral edge, and a first plurality of retaining clips on a side of the portions of the cylindrical wall opposite the tray base and extending radially outwardly;
• a fiber optic splice holder secured to the tray base and positioned radially inwardly from the first fiber pathway guide, and the first fiber pathway guide defining a fiber pathway for passage of a fiber from the first fiber pathway guide toward the fiber optic splice holder, wherein the fiber optic splice holder is secured to a first side of the tray base;
• an opposite second side of the tray base having fiber routing members and openings formed through the tray base to pass a fiber from the first side to the second side of the tray base, wherein the fiber routing members are adapted to reverse a direction of winding of a fiber.

An optical fiber splice tray comprising:

• a generally planar tray base having a tray axis orthogonal to the base, the base having a generally circular peripheral edge;
• a first fiber pathway guide carried on the tray base for receiving a wound amount of optical fiber on the guide as the tray base is rotated about the tray axis, wherein the first fiber pathway guide is a spool carried on the tray base and dimensioned to be recessed from the peripheral edge and having a spool axis colinear with the tray axis, wherein the spool includes at least portions of a cylindrical wall having a cylindrical axis colinear with the tray axis and with the portions of the cylindrical wall secured to the tray base and spaced inwardly from the tray peripheral edge;
• a first plurality of retaining members on a side of the portions of the cylindrical wall opposite the tray base and extending radially outwardly, at least one of the retaining members including a lip extending toward the tray base;
• a fiber optic splice holder secured to the tray base and positioned radially inwardly from the first fiber pathway guide, and the first fiber pathway guide defining a fiber pathway for passage of a fiber from the first fiber pathway guide toward the fiber optic splice holder, wherein the fiber optic splice holder is secured to a first side of the tray base;
• the tray base having fiber routing members, wherein the fiber routing members are adapted to reverse a direction of winding of a fiber.

An optical fiber splice tray comprising:

• a generally planar tray base having a tray axis orthogonal to the base, the base having a generally circular peripheral edge;
• a first fiber pathway guide carried on the tray base for receiving a wound amount of optical fiber on the guide as the tray base is rotated about the tray axis, wherein the first fiber pathway guide is a spool carried on the tray base and dimensioned to be recessed from the peripheral edge and having a spool axis colinear with the tray axis, wherein the spool includes at least portions of a cylindrical wall having a cylindrical axis colinear with the tray axis and with the portions of the cylindrical wall secured to the tray base and spaced inwardly from the tray peripheral edge;
• a first plurality of retaining members on a side of the portions of the cylindrical wall opposite the tray base and extending radially outwardly;
• a fiber optic splice holder secured to the tray base and positioned radially inwardly from the first fiber pathway guide, and the first fiber pathway guide defining a fiber pathway for passage of a fiber from the first fiber pathway guide toward the fiber optic splice holder, wherein the fiber optic splice holder is secured to a first side of the tray base;
• the tray base having fiber routing members, wherein the fiber routing members are adapted to reverse a direction of winding of a fiber;
• an optical fiber tie location on the spool configured and arranged for receiving a tie mechanism for tying the optical fiber to the tray.