Mini rapid delivery spool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9188760-B2
Application number	US-201213722563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2012
Priority date	Dec 22, 2011
Publication date	Nov 17, 2015
Grant date	Nov 17, 2015

Abstract

A fiber optic enclosure includes a housing including a base and a cover that cooperatively define an interior region of the housing; and a cable spool assembly rotatably disposed in the interior region of the housing. The cable spool includes a drum portion; and a tray assembly engaged to the drum portion and configured to rotate in unison with the drum portion when the cable spool assembly is rotated relative to the base. The tray assembly includes at least a first tray. Each tray includes optical adapters disposed in a row along a first end of the tray. Certain types of trays are pivotal relative to the drum portion along a pivot axis extending generally parallel to the row of adapters along a second end of the tray opposite the first end. Other types of trays include a second row of optical adapters that pivot relative to the first row.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fiber optic enclosure comprising:
a housing including a base and a cover that cooperatively define an interior region of the housing;
a cable spool assembly disposed in the interior region of the housing, the cable spool assembly being rotatably engaged to the base, the cable spool assembly including:
a drum portion; and
a tray assembly engaged to the drum portion, the tray assembly including at least a first tray, each tray of the tray assembly having a first end and an opposite second end, each tray including a plurality of optical adapters disposed in a row along a first end of the tray, each tray being pivotal along a pivot axis relative to the drum portion, the pivot axis extending along a second end of the tray opposite the respective first end, wherein the pivot axis extends generally parallel to the row of adapters, the tray assembly being configured to rotate in unison with the drum portion when the cable spool assembly is rotated relative to the base.

2. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 1 , further comprising a fiber optic distribution cable wrapped about the drum portion of the cable spool assembly.

3. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the tray assembly also includes a second tray that is pivotally coupled to the drum portion, the second tray being pivotal relative to the first tray.

4. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 3 , wherein the second tray is disposed in a stacked configuration relative to the first tray.

5. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 1 , wherein a hinge arrangement extends upwardly from the drum portion, and wherein each tray of the tray assembly is pivotally mounted to the hinge arrangement.

6. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 5 , wherein the first tray is pivotally mounted to the hinge arrangement at a first location and wherein a second tray is pivotally mounted to the hinge arrangement at a second location, wherein the first location is disposed between the second location and the drum portion.

7. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 5 , wherein the pivot axis of each tray is generally parallel to the pivot axis of each other tray of the tray assembly.

8. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the drum portion includes a spindle extending between two end flanges.

9. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 1 , wherein each tray includes a fanout disposed at the second end of the tray, the fanout separating a respective optical cable into connectorized optical fibers that plug into the adapters at the first end of the tray.

10. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 9 , wherein the second end of each tray of the tray assembly defines a cable entrance through which the respective optical cable extends when routed from the drum portion and onto the tray.

11. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 2 , wherein the housing defines sealed ports aligned with the optical adapters of the tray assembly.

12. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 11 , wherein the housing also defines an exit port through which the fiber optic distribution cable may be pulled to unwind the fiber optic distribution cable from the drum portion of the cable spool assembly.

13. A fiber optic enclosure comprising:
a housing including a base and a cover that cooperatively define an interior region of the housing;
a cable spool assembly disposed in the interior region of the housing, the cable spool assembly being rotatably engaged to the base, the cable spool assembly including:
a drum portion; and
a tray assembly engaged to the drum portion, the tray assembly being configured to rotate in unison with the drum portion when the cable spool assembly is rotated relative to the base, the tray assembly including:
a tray having a first end and an opposite second end, the tray being configured to receive optical fibers from the drum portion at the second end of the tray; and
a first row of optical adapters extending along the first end of the tray; and
a second row of optical adapters extending along the first end of the first tray, the second row of optical adapters being pivotally connected to the first row of optical adapters, the second row of optical adapters being configured to pivot between lowered and raised positions relative to the first row of optical adapters, the second row being pivoted about an adapter pivot axis that extends parallel to an insertion axis of the optical adapters of the first and second rows.

14. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 13 , wherein the cover pivots along a first axis relative to the base between open and closed positions, and wherein the adapter pivot axis is generally orthogonal to the first axis.

15. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 13 , wherein the second row is stacked on top of the first row, and wherein a first side of the second row is pivotally coupled to a first side of the first row so that an opposite second side of the second row pivots away from an opposite second side of the first row when the second row is moved to the raised position.

16. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 15 , wherein the second row of optical adapters is configured to latch to the first row of optical adapters to hold the second row of optical adapters in the lowered position in which the first row extends generally parallel to the second row.

17. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 16 , wherein moving the second row of optical adapters to the raised position provides access to the optical adapters of the first row.

18. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 13 , wherein each row of optical adapters includes twelve optical adapters.

19. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 13 , wherein the housing defines sealed ports aligned with the optical adapters of the tray assembly.

20. The fiber optic enclosure of claim 19 , wherein each of the sealed ports is configured to receive a plurality of optical fibers.

Assignees

• Adc Telecommunications Inc

Inventors

• Kowalczyk Scott C
• Bran De León Oscar Fernando

Classifications

• G02B6/44528

  Patch-cords; Connector arrangements in the system or in the box (routing arrangements H04Q1/00) · CPC title

• G02B6/4471

  Terminating devices (demountable connectors G02B6/3807); Cable clamps · CPC title

• G02B6/4441

  Boxes · CPC title

• G02B6/3897

  Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards (G02B6/44528 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/4457 Primary

  Bobbins; Reels · CPC title