Cable management device and method

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2007-11-20

2007-11-20

Healy, Brian (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

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Splice box and surplus fiber storage/trays/organizers/ carriers

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11356319

ABSTRACT:
A cable management device, and associated assembly including a panel. The device including a segmented cable-managing arrangement having a plurality of radius limiting surfaces vertically and forwardly offset from one another. The device provides a number of incremental slack cable storage lengths that accommodates storage of slack cable without the occasion of loose slack. The assembly can include a single device used in combination with one or more other cable management devices, or nested devices to add to the versatility in accommodating various slack cable lengths.

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