Afl Telecommunications Lcc

Spectra-Physics Gmbh

Louis J Guzzo, Jr

Anthony Nieves

Wilfred J Courchaine

Howard H Nojiri

Nigel G Mills

James F Million

Philip Turner

Eric L Brandenburg

Provided is a cabinet including an outer shell having a plurality of doors, disposed such that edges of the plurality of doors form a corner of the outer shell when the doors are in a closed position; wherein, if the doors are open, continuous access is obtained to a plurality of working surfaces.

Fiber distribution cabinet

As networking demands only increase for both home and business uses, the need for a splitter balun which enables repositioning of coaxial connections in the non-axial directions and provides universal positioning to interface jacks is highly desirable. For some applications, the challenge is to provide a splitter which provides a means of repositioning input and output connections via an easy modification or manipulation of the splitter. For still further applications, it is desirable to securely mount the coax jack within the balun housing. The apparatus and method described herein meet these challenges and others, in part, by placing a bracket around the coaxial connection and providing multiple mounts for securing the bracket within the balun housing. Mounts are provided at opposite ends of the balun housing allowing the output connection direction to be readily reversed. The positive effects of this apparatus and method include having only one splitter balun on hand to connect to interfaces in either of opposite directions.

Splitter balun with repositional connector

Housing/mounting apparatus for a data gathering system inserted into a checkout counter and including a weighing scale and an optical scanner supported thereon for scanning bar code labels and defining an upper weighing surface of the scale comprises a base supported within the checkout counter for supporting the data gathering system with the scale being secured to the base. A perimeter enclosure is secured to the base and houses the optical scanner. The scale includes a spider load receiving plate supported within the perimeter enclosure through an aperture in its floor. Locator pins and corresponding holes stably position the optical scanner on the scale load receiving plate and the optical scanner thus positioned is sized such that clearance gaps required for proper operation of the weighing scale are defined between the optical scanner and the perimeter enclosure. Leveling and fastener or clamping devices are incorporated into the base to facilitate installation and maintenance of the system. By incorporating these devices into the mounting base, the system can be positioned, leveled and secured in place after the base is installed in a checkout counter to eliminate iterative operations. Scanner height adjustments are performed and limits on scale travel are defined by devices incorporated onto the weighing platter adding further to the versatility and ease of installation/maintenance of a data gathering system incorporating the housing/mounting apparatus.

Data gathering system housing/mounting

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Inman, SC, United States of America

Louis J Guzzo, Jr