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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony P Noto, Knightdale, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Network Systems, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385135 ; 385134 ; 385137 ;
Abstract
An optical splice shelf (10) has optical splice trays (24, 26, 28, 30) stacked inside a frame assembly (14) slidingly withdrawable from a rear panel (12) and attached thereto with cable tray hinge (80) for maintaining no less than a minimum bend radius of optical fibers routed between the rear of the frame assembly and the rear panel; upon withdrawal, the frame assembly can be pivoted downward to expose the rear panel and the back of the frame assembly.