FASTENER FREE SPOOL FOR OPTICAL FIBER STORAGE

摘要

An network interface device (NTD) cabinet has removably mounted or fixedly mounted cable spools. The NID cabinet is a small enclosure, typically made of plastic, which sits on the outside wall of an end user's building, such as a home or office. Pre-terminated cables are spooled around each cable spool, and the cable connector at one end of each cable is connected to a network interconnection junction within the NID cabinet. A series of interlocking mounting features are formed on both the cable spool and the mating NID cabinet back wall. Two different types of mounting features enable the cable spool to be removably or fixedly mounted within the NID cabinet. When fixedly mounted, the cable spool can still be removed from the NID cabinet, but only if the spooled cabled is completed un-spooled and removed from the cable spool.

主权项

1. A network interface device cabinet comprising:
a. a base having an interior cavity with a back wall, wherein the back wall comprises fixed mounting features; b. a cable spool configured for a cable to be spooled about the cable spool, wherein the cable spool comprises a plurality of cable spool parts that assemble with and disassemble from each other, further wherein the cable spool comprises cable spool mounting features configured to mate with the fixed mounting features on the back wall of the base such that the cable spool is immovably coupled to the fixed mounting features on the back wall of the base while the plurality of cable spool parts that form the cable spool are assembled together; and c. a lid coupled to the base to cover and uncover the interior cavity.