Fire safety retainers for point of entry and other modules storing optical fibers or cables
US11061195B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02G3/32
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A safety retention clip for installation in a module that stores a length of a communication line. The clip has a body formed of metallic sheet material. The body has a base portion, and a retaining finger portion joined to the base portion. A distal end of the finger portion is configured to overlie a communication line stored inside the module, and to retain the line close to a building wall on which the module is mounted if the module melts during a building fire. A mounting hole is formed in the base portion of the clip body, near a proximal end of the finger portion for insertion of a mounting screw. The hole extends through a boss that projects downward from the base portion, and the boss is sized to nest in a corresponding mounting opening in a base of the module in which the clip is installed.
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