Limited space handling of optical fibers
US6418265B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4454
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to an arrangement for handling optical fibers in a confined space, such as connecting, reorganizing and/or cross-connecting several optical fibers contained in optical fiber cables in an insulated space. Controllable organization of the optical fiber cables can be achieved, by providing the insulated space (2, 3) with cable guiding and coiling means. The arrangement includes elastic and tight transits in openings (5, 6). The transits have a tapering centre part and will adapt to optical fiber cables of mutually different diameters and allow the cables to extend in different directions outside the insulated space.
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