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Fiber optic splice organizer and associated method
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Inventors: Hunsinger, Terrance D.; Ray, Craig D.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Healy; Brian
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Burkard; Herbert G., Zahrt, II; William D.
A fiber optic splice organizer for storing optical fiber splices and the slack associated therewith to permit ready separation of the optical fibers, such as to remake a splice. The splice organizer includes a generally rectangular base, splice securing slots on the base, and optical fiber guides for guiding slack portions of first and second optical fiber groups from a first end of the base, along respective portions of the base adjacent the first and second sides thereof, into a plurality of overlying slack loops adjacent the second end of the base, and back to the splice securing means from respective first and second sides of the base. The slack optical fibers, including the overlying respective slack loop, of the first and second optical fiber groups, form a figure-eight pattern on the base and are thus readily separable from each other. An ability to interconnect individual optical fibers broken out from optical fiber ribbons is also provided by crossing first and second groups of optical fiber ribbons and breaking out individual optical fibers at the crossover point. Arcuately shaped walls on the base are provided to maintain the individual fibers in a predetermined bend radius. A series of tabs along sidewalls of the base separate the individual fibers from the optical fiber ribbons downstream from the crossover point. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In view of the foregoing background, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a splice organizer and method for securing optical fiber splices and slack associated therewith that also permits ready separation of the optical fibers even after all of the splices have been completed, such as to facilitate remaking a splice.
Another object of the invention is to provide a splice organizer and method for optical fiber ribbons which permits the break out and splicing of individual optical fibers from the ribbons to enhance interconnection flexibility and to permit the repair of individual optical fibers from an optical fiber ribbon.
These and other objects, advantages and features according to the invention are provided by a splice organizer including a generally rectangular base, splice securing means on the base, and slack guide means on the base for guiding respective slack portions of first and second optical fiber groups from a first end of the base, along respective portions of the base adjacent the first and second sides thereof, into a plurality of overlying slack loops adjacent the second end of the base, and back to the splice securing means from respective first and second sides of the base.
The slack, including the overlying respective slack loops of the first and second optical fiber groups, form a figure-eight pattern on the base and are thus readily separable from each other.
Accordingly, splices between optical fibers in high fiber count cables can be readily accommodated, and, if necessary, a single splice and its associated slack may be readily separated from the others, such as to permit remaking a defective splice.
Ribbon optical fiber cables are also advantageously used with the splice organizer.
The splice organizer may be adapted for an in-line splice or a butt splice.
As would be readily understood by those skilled in the art, for an in-line splice the two optical fiber cables are secured to opposite ends of the base and the routing of the overlying slack loops are the same as for the butt splice
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