Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Thomas Ruckgaber

Lothar Finzel

Winfried Lieber

A cassette which serves the purpose of connecting and branching light waveguides has a reserve length thereof for each of the waveguides deposited in the cassette in either a figure eight or circular or oval pattern. To accomplish this, the cassette is formed with upstanding holding devices which enable winding the waveguides in a figure eight pattern or in a circular pattern, or both. A plurality of the cassettes can be interconnected together to form a cassette block which can be opened hinge-like. To interconnect waveguides in one cassette with the other cassette, each of the cassettes is provided with an opening in a floor of the cassette and a portion of the side wall midway along the longitudinal side wall, which side wall is positioned adjacent a hinge interconnecting the cassettes together.

Cassette and cassette block for light waveguides

A division rack comprises one or more distributor housings, with each distributor housing having a cassette holder mounted for pivotable movement between a first position received in the housing and a second position extending horizontally out of the housing. Each cassette holder comprises a channel-shaped member having a plurality of guide webs forming compartments for receiving cassettes or cassette blocks, which guide webs extend obliquely relative to the axis of the holder so that the cassettes are stored in an oblique position when the holder is in its first, vertical position. The incoming cables to each of the cassettes are clamped in the housing and extend over an upper end of each of the holders to the individual cassettes or cassette blocks.

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Munich, Germany

Thomas Ruckgaber