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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Carl E Meyerhoefer, Commack, NY (US);
TII-Ditel, Inc., Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A cable bend radius control attachment is used in combination with a cable-routing, vertical, slotted channel member defined by walls and including a plurality of longitudinally spaced cable slots. The cable slots are adapted for receiving and distributing optical fiber cable into and out of the vertical channel member. The attachment includes a generally U-shaped flange having an inner edge portion secured to a mouth of the cable slot and an opposing outer edge portion spaced from the mouth of the cable slot. The flange has a generally convex, arcuate surface between its inner and outer edge portions for extending outwardly from the channel member at a mouth of the cable slot. The flange defines a predetermined minimum bend radius for cable entering or exiting the channel member through the cable slot. The flange includes a base and opposing resilient sides integrally-formed with the base. The opposing sides are flexible inwardly to insert the inner edge portion of the flange into the mouth of the cable slot, and recovering to hold the flange in position at the mouth of the cable slot.