Fanning tray
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Kim, Michael J. Wentworth, Trevor D. Smith
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Abstract
A telecommunications cable management system includes fanning trays and management panels, including slidable drawers, mounted to a rack for management of cables. The fanning tray includes fingers for managing vertical cables. The cables extend horizontally through the fanning tray. The fanning tray includes hinges to access the space or the rack behind the fanning tray. A lock holds the fanning tray in the pivoted up position. One drawer includes slack management devices including a radius limiter that selectively releases to release slack at desired times. A slidable termination panel can be mounted in another drawer to allow greater access to the panel. The fanning trays and drawers are mounted to a rack for managing and connecting the cables.
Claims9
A cable fanning tray comprising:
- (a) a body having first and second ends extending in a longitudinal direction and having a top and an opposite bottom;
- (b) the top including a plurality of spaced apart fingers, spaced in the longitudinal direction;
- (c) the bottom including a cable tray extending in the longitudinal direction;
- (d) the first and second ends communicating with the cable tray;
- (e) first and second hinges at the first and second ends, respectively, of the body for hingedly mounting the body to a telecommunications rack, wherein the body rotates between a vertical position wherein the top is above the bottom, and a rotated position wherein the top and the bottom are generally horizontal;
- (f) a selectable lock for selectively holding the body in the rotated position.
A cable fanning tray comprising:
- (a) a body having first and second ends extending in a longitudinal direction and having a top and an opposite bottom;
- (b) the top including a plurality of spaced apart fingers, spaced in the longitudinal direction;
- (c) the bottom including a cable tray extending in the longitudinal direction;
- (d) the first and second ends communicating with the cable tray;
- (e) first and second hinges at the first and second ends, respectively, of the body for hingedly mounting the body to a telecommunications rack, wherein the body rotates between a vertical position wherein the top is above the bottom, and a rotated position wherein the top and the bottom are generally horizontal;
- (f) wherein the body defines an open longitudinal channel between the fingers and the cable tray, and further comprising a cover releasably mounted to the body,for selectively closing the longitudinal channel;
- (g) a radius limiter at each of the first and second ends disposed adjacent to the bottom of the body and positioned below the cable tray.
A telecommunications system comprising:
- (a) a rack defining two vertical posts and a spacing between the posts;
- (b) a cable fanning tray including:
- (1) a body having first and second ends extending in a longitudinal direction;
- (2) the body including a plurality of spaced apart fingers, spaced in the longitudinal direction;
- (3) first and second hinges at the first and second ends, respectively, of the body for hingedly mounting the body to a telecommunications rack, wherein the body rotates between a vertical position and a rotated position wherein an axis of rotation is defined parallel to the longitudinal direction;
- (c) a first optical fiber cable management panel including:
- (1) a drawer assembly including a chassis and a drawer;
- (A) the drawer being slidably mounted within the chassis;
- (B) the drawer assembly defining a storage interior and a first cable access entry to permit optical fiber cable to enter into the storage interior;
- (2) a cable radius limiter slidably mounted to the drawer assembly;
- (3) a releasable lock for selective locking of the cable radius limiter from sliding movement;
- (d) a second optical fiber cable management panel including:
- (1) a drawer assembly including a chassis and a drawer;
- (A) the drawer being slidably mounted within the chassis;
- (B) the drawer assembly defining a storage interior and a first cable access entry to permit optical fiber cable to enter into the storage interior;
- (2) a termination panel positioned in the storage interior, the termination panel slidably mounted between the drawer and the termination panel wherein the termination panel slides vertically in a direction transverse to the direction of sliding movement of the drawer relative to the chassis, the termination panel defining a planar termination area and first and second opposite ends;
- (3) the slidable mount between the drawer and the termination panel including first and second slide modules at the first and second ends of the termination panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.