OPTICAL FIBRE CONNECTION EQUIPMENT

WIPO Patent Application WO1992022842

A3

PCT No. PCT/GB92/01096 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 20, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 20, 1993 PCT Filed Jun. 18, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/22842 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 1992.An optical fiber connection terminal for use in the office or domestic environment includes a three-part module, having a base unit, an organizer unit and a top unit. An optical fiber cable, such as a blown fiber cable, is brought to the base unit where both the outer covering and the secondary coated optical fibers carried by the cable are secured against tensile forces. The three units of the module are then designed to store fiber, to hold splice protectors where necessary, and to provide a well protected route for the fibers from the cable to an easily accessible connection point for customer use in the top unit of the module. Connection or termination of each fiber at the connection point can be made and remade, drawing spare fiber length from a storage area in the module without disassembling the module. An important part of the module lies in a cam action clamping mechanism for retaining fiber within the module. The module provides an optical fiber connection terminal (which is equivalent in size to a conventional electrical supply terminal) for connection of domestic or office equipment to an optical communications network.

KERRY JOHN (GB)
JENKINS PETER DAVID (GB)
MEDLEN NICHOLAS JOHN (GB)
WETTENGEL PAUL FREDERICK (GB)

PCT/GB1992/001096

February 04, 1993

June 18, 1992

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BRITISH TELECOMM (GB)

G02B6/00; G02B6/44; (IPC1-7): G02B6/44

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