Optical Cable Splice Cassettes With Slack Covers

摘要

Splice cassettes for optical cables may include a tray base having a tray top surface and a tray bottom surface. The tray base may include a transition passage through which a slack cable can be routed from the tray top surface to the tray bottom surface. A continuous slack passage may be defined outwardly on the tray bottom surface from a substructure wall of a tray-bottom substructure protruding from the tray bottom surface. The continuous slack passage may include a first slack region and a second slack region on opposite sides of the tray-bottom substructure. The splice cassette may also include slack covers hingedly attached to opposite outer edges of tray base. When closed, the slack covers may enclose at least a portion of the first slack region and at least a portion of the second slack region.

主权项

1. A splice cassette for optical cables, the splice cassette comprising:
a tray base having a tray top surface and a tray bottom surface; a transition passage through which a slack cable can be routed from the tray top surface to the tray bottom surface; a tray-bottom substructure protruding from the tray bottom surface; a continuous slack passage defined outwardly on the tray-bottom surface from a substructure wall of the tray-bottom substructure, the continuous slack passage comprising a first slack region and a second slack region on opposite sides of the tray-bottom substructure; a first slack cover hingedly attached to a first outer edge of the tray base, the first slack cover enclosing at least a portion of the first slack region in a closed position of the first slack cover; a second slack cover hingedly attached to a second outer edge of the tray base, the second slack cover enclosing at least a portion of the second slack region in a closed position of the second slack cover; and a slack exit through which the slack cable can be passed from the first slack region or the second slack region out of the splice cassette.