Coreless wound coil dispenser with optional cable storage for an optical terminal network
US9802786B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/475
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Packaged dispensers mountable to optical network terminals (ONT) are disclosed. In some examples, the dispensers include coreless wound coils and excess storage areas. Additionally, fiber optic cable distribution systems and methods thereof utilizing the disclosed coreless wound coils are further disclosed. In one example, a length of telecommunications cable is wound into a coreless coil that includes a plurality of winding separators at least partially embedded within the coil, wherein the length of telecommunications cable alternately passes on one of the first and second sides of one winding separator and on the other of the first and second sides of an adjacent winding separator. In one example, an initially cylindrically shaped coreless wound coil, with or without winding separators, can be placed into a non-round package in which the wound coil is deformed and compressed by the sidewalls of the package such that the coreless wound coil conforms to the interior perimeter of the package to have a non-cylindrical shape.
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