Fiber shelf assembly
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsDean R. Falkenberg, John C. Hanners, Edward T. Iwamiya
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Abstract
A shelf assembly and system, which reduces the potential for accidental disruption of service or damage to neighboring transmission elements in a telecommunications network. The present invention operates to guide the transmission elements or fiber cables to and/or from a mounting position, and in or out from either side of electrical and/or optical telecommunications equipment. Fiber cables coupled at the mounting positions can be directed through reversible and removable fiber channels. Each fiber channel has a smooth surface and a radius of curvature, which provides an appropriate bend radius for guiding, routing, or bending the fiber cables into a fiber trough.
Claims20
A fiber cable management system comprising:
- a card cage assembly;
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- a fiber cable guiding mechanism to urge a fiber cable into a predetermined bend radius to facilitate routing of said fiber cable through said card cage assembly, said fiber cable guiding mechanism configured to be reversible between a first position, where said fiber cable is directed in a first direction through said card cage assembly, and a second position where said fiber cable is directed in a second direction through said card cage assembly.
A fiber shelf assembly comprising:
- a card cage assembly defining an interior space for receiving plug-in cards having fiber cable mounting positions thereon;
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- means for guiding fiber cables from said mounting positions through said card cage assembly, said means being reversible.
A fiber shelf assembly comprising:
- a card cage assembly defining an interior space for receiving plug-in cards;
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- a plurality of fiber channels having a preselected curvature to guide a transmission element into a predetermined pathway to facilitate routing of said transmission element through said card cage assembly, each of said plurality of fiber channels configured to be reversible so as to direct said transmission element in either a first direction or a second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.