Optical Fiber Ribbon Storage

摘要

A fiber optic cable is attached to a termination box and exposed ribbon fiber segments are accessible. Fan-out fiber optic cables are attached to the termination box and exposed ribbon fiber segments are accessible. The exposed ribbon fiber segments from the fiber optic cable and the fan-out fiber optic cables are spliced and the splice is covered. The spliced ribbon fiber segments and the splice covering form a continuous length of exposed ribbon fiber. The splice covering is secured to a splice retention cradle. The splice retention cradle is rotated so that the exposed ribbon fiber crosses itself. The splice retention cradle is secured to the termination box with a double loop of exposed ribbon fiber remaining. The double loop is flipped to cross itself and the crossed double loop is folded to form a quadruple loop. The quadruple loop is secured to the termination box, using routing clips.

主权项

1. A method for terminating a fiber optic cable, the method comprising:
providing a termination box; attaching a terminating end of a fiber optic cable to the termination box, such that one or more exposed ribbon fiber segments from the fiber optical cable are accessible from inside the termination box; attaching one or more fan-out fiber optic cables to the termination box, such that one or more exposed ribbon fiber segments from the fan-out fiber optic cables are accessible from inside the termination box; splicing an exposed ribbon fiber segment from the fiber optic cable to a corresponding exposed ribbon fiber segment from the one or more fan-out fiber optic cables, such that the resulting splice has a splice covering and such that the spliced ribbon fiber segments and the splice covering form a continuous length of exposed ribbon fiber between the fiber optical cable and the fan-out fiber optic cables; securing the splice covering to a splice retention cradle; rotating the splice retention cradle with the secured splice covering so that the continuous length of exposed ribbon fiber crosses itself at a point between the splice retention cradle and the termination box; securing the splice retention cradle to the termination box such that the exposed ribbon fiber remains crossed and forms a double loop; flipping the double loop of exposed ribbon fiber so that the double loop crosses itself and folding the crossed double loop to form a quadruple loop of exposed ribbon fiber; and securing the quadruple loop of exposed ribbon fiber to the termination box, using two or more routing clips attached to the termination box.