Tool system for routing an optical fiber or cable through walls at customer premises
US9846290B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/475
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tool system for threading an optical fiber through a hole formed in a wall at customer premises, and for protecting the fiber inside the wall. A tool body has forwardly projecting fingers for capturing a connector at an end of the fiber from a direction approaching a front face of the connector. A back end of the tool body is arranged to engage a rod handle of such length that its free end can be threaded through the hole and out the opposite side of the wall. Using the handle, the tool body is pulled through the hole along with a captured connector and associated fiber. A hole plug has a hollow cylindrical body and an access slit for passing the fiber inside the body for protection. The plug body has teeth for engaging the premises wall and retaining the plug at a desired angular position in the wall.
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