Fiber containment system
The present invention relates to a telecommunications termination panel with a housing including a front opening and a rear opening. Pivotably mounted within the housing is a tray within the front opening, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent a first side of the housing. A cable path is defined along a bottom of the housing along the first side between the cable entry of the tray and the rear opening. A movable plate is positioned adjacent the first side and is movable between a first position defining an upper limit of the cable path when the tray is closed and a second position allowing access to the cable path when the tray is open. The movement of the plate between the first and second positions is actuated by the movement of the tray between the closed and open positions. The present invention further relates to a telecommunications termination panel with a housing including a front opening. Pivotably mounted within the housing is a tray within the front opening, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent a first side of the housing. The tray is pivotable between an open position and a closed position. The tray includes a cover which can be moved between an operational position and an access position when the tray is in the open position. With the cover in the operational position, the tray is prevented from moving from the open position to the closed position.
1. A telecommunications termination panel comprising:
a housing including a top, a bottom, a first side and a second opposing side defining a front opening;
a tray pivotably attached to the housing with an extendable and rotatable support that is located between the tray and the bottom of the housing, the tray pivotable through the front opening of the housing between an open position and a closed position, the support attaching the tray to the housing including a portion that is configured to slide to move the support between a collapsed position and an extended position, wherein the support extends out of the front opening of the housing when the support rotates with respect to the housing to pivot the tray from the closed position to the open position, the tray pivotable about a vertical axis located adjacent the first side of the housing, wherein the tray includes a cable entry adjacent the axis of pivot;
the tray including a plurality of connection locations, the tray including a perimeter, a wall extending upward adjacent the perimeter to enclose the plurality of connector locations, a first portion of the wall closing the front opening when the tray is in the closed position, and a cover hingedly mounted to a second portion of the wall opposite the first portion;
the cover movable between an access position and an operational position when the tray is in the open position, only the operational position of the cover allowing the tray to move from the open position to the closed position, the access position allowing access to the connection locations and to cables extending to or away from the connection locations, and the cover in the access position preventing the tray from moving from the open to the closed position.
2. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein the connection locations include adapters to connect optical fiber cables, the adapters mounted in one of a plurality of modules mounted to the tray with each module moveably mounted along a line of travel above 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, and further wherein the cover may not be moved to the operational position when any module is extending upward along the line of travel.
3. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 2 , 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 3 , wherein the tray further includes a first series of cable management structures for routing optical fiber cables to the rear of the adapters with bend radius protection and the cover prevents access to the first series of cable management structures in the operational position.
5. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 3 , wherein the tray further includes a second series of cable management structures for routing optical fiber cables from the front of the adapters away from the modules toward the axis of pivot with bend radius protection and the cover prevents access to the second series of cable management structures in the operational position.
6. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 2 , wherein the cover includes an opening directly above the modules holding the adapters permitting visibility of the modules and adapters when the cover is in the operational position and the tray is in the open position.
7. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 6 , wherein the cover includes areas for receiving indicia relating to the optical fiber cables connected to the adapters.
8. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 6 , wherein the opening in the cover is positioned to avoid contact with optical fiber cables extending from the adapters on any module extended along the line of travel when the cover is moved from the access position toward the operational position while allowing the cover to contact the module and prevent the movement of the cover to the operational position.
9. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein the wall includes a portion adjacent the second side when the tray is in the closed position, the portion of the wall includes a mount to receive information cards such that the information cards are within the housing when the tray is in the closed position and are accessible to a user when the tray is in the open position.
10. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 9 , wherein the information cards may include one of instruction cards, warning labels, routing information cards and designation strips related to the telecommunications cables attached to the connection locations.
11. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein the extendable and rotatable support is attached to the bottom of the housing adjacent a first end of the support and attached to the tray adjacent a second end of the support.
12. The telecommunications termination panel of claim 1 , wherein the tray is pivotally attached to the housing via a hinge located adjacent the first side of the housing.