Patch cord caddy
AssigneeDowslake Microsystems Corporation
InventorsBing Xue, Stefan Ignaczak, Dan Dan Yang
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Abstract
A caddy for dispensing fiber optic patch cord cables. The device has a housing inside of which a disk is rotatably mounted. A length of patch cord cable is wound around the circumference of the disk and an S-shaped channel is present on one side of the disk. The channel is sized to hold captive a section of the patch cord fiber optic cable, thereby preventing any loss of signal or damage to the patch cord fiber optic cable from undue bending stresses on the cable. The housing has an opening through which the two ends of the patch cord fiber optic cable protrude.
Claims6
A caddy for dispensing and storing a continuous fiber optic patch cord, the cord having two ends, the caddy comprising:
- a housing having an opening through which the two ends protrude;
- a disk inside the housing carrying the cord wound around the circumference of the disk;
- pin means rotatably attaching the disk to the housing, the pin means being centrally located on the disk;
- disk return means for rotating the disk about the pin means, the disk return means being capable of permitting the disk to rotate in a first direction to simultaneously dispense both ends of the cord from the housing byway of the opening and being capable of permitting the disk to rotate in a second direction to simultaneously retract both ends the cord back into the housing by way of the opening;
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- an S-shaped channel on a first side of the disk retaining a section of the cord placed in the channel such that the section is held captive by the channel;
- wherein the opening is constructed and arranged to allow both ends of the cord to be dispensed and retracted without damage to the cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.