High density panel with rotating tray
The present invention relates to a telecommunications termination panel with a tray pivotably mounted within the front opening of a housing. The tray pivots about a hinge located adjacent one of the sides of the housing and includes a raised floor. The raised floor of the tray cooperates with the side adjacent the hinge and a bottom of the housing to define a cable path from a rear cable access port to an opening on the tray adjacent the hinge. The tray includes a plurality of connection locations and cable management structures to direct a telecommunications cable from the cable access port to a rear of the connection locations without violating bend radius rules. The tray may also include a temporary cable holder to assist in pulling cables through the rear opening into the housing. The present invention further relates to a telecommunications equipment rack with a termination panel with such a pivoting tray mounted to the rack.
1. A telecommunications termination panel comprising:
a housing defining a top, a bottom, an open front and an interior between the top and the bottom;
a tray pivotably mounted to the housing, wherein the tray is positioned in the interior when the tray is in a closed position and the tray is at least partially outside the housing when the tray is in a pivoted open position, the tray passing through the open front as the tray is moved between the open and closed positions, the tray including a front wall and a plurality of bulkheads along sides and rear of the tray cooperating with the front wall to define an interior of the tray;
a plurality of modules mounted within the interior of the tray with each module moveably mounted along a line of travel that extends outside the interior of the tray, each one of the modules including a plurality of adapters for holding a fiber optic connector, each adapter having opposite ends for coupling to a fiber optic connector, each one of the adapters movable with one of the modules along the line of travel.
2. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein the tray pivots about a vertical axis, the tray including a cable entry adjacent the axis of pivot.
3. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of adapters are oriented to connect a first optical fiber extending to the rear of each adapter to a second optical fiber extending to the front of each adapter when the tray is in the closed position.
4. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 2 , wherein the tray further includes a cable management structure for routing optical fiber cables from the cable entry to the adapters with bend radius protection.
5. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein the tray swings through an arc of approximately ninety degrees between the closed and the open positions.
6. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein a corner of the tray is relieved to improve access through the open front into the housing when the tray is in the open position.
7. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 6 , wherein the relieved corner of the tray includes a cable clamp for temporarily attaching an end of a cable to the tray when the tray is in the closed position and movement of the tray to the open position after attaching the cable to the clamp will pull the cable so that the end of the cable is adjacent to and accessible through the open front.