Service loop tray and assembly for low voltage cables

A service loop cable tray for organizing a large amount of low voltage cables that terminate in a data closet in an aesthetically appealing arrangement, comprising:

• a channel-shaped cable tray, the cable tray having a substantially u-shaped cross-section,
• the cable tray including a substantially level service loop section, a cable access ramp and a cable drop lip
• the service loop section lying in a plane and having a first end connected to the cable access ramp and a second end connected to the cable drop lip,
• the cable drop lip shaped to gradually turn approximately ninety degrees from the plane that the service loop section lies in and to guide a large amount of cables resting on the tray into a plurality of termination points located in the data closet,
• the service loop tray being mounted to a wall near the data closet.

A service loop tray assembly for providing aesthetic and organized service loops for a large amount of low voltage cables resting on ladder racks in a data center, comprising:

• an assembly of channel-shaped cable trays for holding a plurality of sets of cables that enter the data center and rest on a ladder rack, each cable tray having a floor and left and right side walls, each cable tray mounted to the ladder rack at two points on opposite sides of the ladder rack, the cable trays resting at a series of junctures along the ladder rack,
• each cable tray in the assembly including a service loop section, a cable access ramp and a cable drop lip,
• the service loop section lying in a plane and being substantially parallel to the ladder rack and having a first end connected to the cable access ramp and a second end connected to the cable drop lip,
• the cable drop lip of a first cable tray shaped to gradually turn approximately ninety degrees from the plane of the service loop section and to guide a first set of cables resting on the first cable tray into a data cabinet under the ladder rack containing termination points for the cables,
• the cable access ramp of each cable tray rising sufficiently so as to avoid interference with a further set of cables that continues to a further cable tray in the assembly of cable trays at a further juncture along the ladder rack.

A service loop tray assembly for providing aesthetic and organized service loops for a large amount of low voltage cables resting on ladder racks in a data center, comprising:

• an assembly of channel-shaped cable trays for holding a plurality of sets of cables that enter the data center and rest on a ladder rack, each cable tray having a substantially u-shaped cross-section, each cable tray mounted to the ladder rack at two points on opposite sides of the ladder rack, the cable trays resting at a series of junctures along the ladder rack,
• each cable tray in the assembly including a service loop section, a cable access ramp and a cable drop lip,
• the service loop section lying in a plane and being substantially parallel to the ladder rack and having a first end connected to the cable access ramp and a second end connected to the cable drop lip,
• the cable drop lip of a first cable tray shaped to gradually turn approximately ninety degrees from the plane of the service loop section and to guide a first set of cables resting on the first cable tray into a data cabinet under the ladder rack containing termination points for the cables,
• the cable access ramp of each cable tray rising sufficiently so as to avoid interference with a further set of cables that continues to a further cable tray in the assembly of cable trays at a further juncture along the ladder rack.