WO1994012904A2 - Fiber optic splice closure - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the field of fiber optics and, more particularly, to a fiber optic splice closure including stacked splice organizing trays, splice holders, and transport tubes carrying optical fibers to the splice trays.
- Optical fiber communications systems employing fiber optic cables and digital electronics, are widely used in the telecommunication industry to transmit large volumes of data and voice signals over relatively long unrepeatered distances, and virtually noise free.
- Splice points and drop points for the fiber optic cables are required for most such systems.
- a splice point for example, all of the fibers at one end of a cable are spliced to corresponding fibers of a tandem cable.
- a drop point or express splice point some of the fibers may be spliced to a drop cable, while most of the fibers are passed through the drop point unaltered.
- the splice closure typically includes a protective housing with either a single end cap through which cables penetrate, that is, a butt-splice; or dual opposing end caps through which respective cables penetrate, that is, an in-line splice.
- a typical butt-splice closure typically includes one or more splice organizers, or splice trays, disposed in stacked arrangement within the protective housing.
- the trays are pivotally connected at one end to a mounting bracket which, in turn, is connected to the inside face of the closure end cap.
- the pivotal connection permits individual splice trays to be temporarily moved to a raised position by the insertion of a removable spacer or clip near the pivot point. Accordingly, access is then available to the underlying splice tray, such as to check fiber routing or to remake a defective splice.
- the cables extending into the housing are secured therein and the penetration point sealed to prevent water from entering the protective housing.
- transport tubes flexible protective tubes, known as "transport tubes” are used to protect predetermined groupings of the optical fibers extending from the cable securing point to respective splice organizer trays.
- transport tubes typically have a circular cross-section and a uniform wall thickness.
- the predetermined groupings are typically all those fibers within a given buffer tube.
- a transport tube slides over an end portion of a respective buffer tube to carry and protect the fibers extending to the splice tray.
- One or more such transport tubes are routed to and secured to each splice tray.
- the transport tubes must protect the optical fibers despite any bending that occurs, such as when the splice trays are pivoted to the raised position to access an underlying tray. Moreover, the transport tubes must prevent the optical fibers from bending more sharply than the minimum bend radius. Since individual fibers extend through the transport tubes when using a loose buffered cable, these individual fibers may readily bend along with the transport tube.
- optical fiber ribbons such as LIGHTPACK R fiber optic cables offered by AT&T.
- Optical fiber ribbons may be readily bent only in a direction normal to their major dimension equivalently to the minimum bend radius of the individual fibers.
- the ribbons may not be bent as sharply in the direction normal to their minor dimension.
- optical fiber ribbons preferentially bend only in the direction normal to their major dimension.
- the ribbons should not be bent in the direction of their minor dimension or high signal attenuation or physical damage may result.
- optical fiber ribbons positioned within a conventional transport tube may be bent in any direction thereby increasing attenuation and possibly physically damaging the ribbons.
- a conventional transport tube also permits an optical fiber ribbon to be deformed from its fiat shape and compressed or buckled when a tie wrap, for example, is used to secure the end of the transport tube to a splice organizer tray. Accordingly, a conventional circular cross-sectional transport tube is unacceptable for use in a splice closure for ribbon optical fiber cables.
- a splice holder Also related to the quality and longevity of optical fiber splices secured within a splice closure is a splice holder, several of which are typically mounted on a splice tray.
- the splice holder retains the individual splices between corresponding optical fibers.
- a typical splice holder may accommodate four to ten splices and must adequately secure the splices in the presence of mechanical shocks and vibration.
- the splices are typically protective sleeves for fusion-spliced fibers, or may be mechanical splices which position and maintain the optical fiber ends in precise alignment.
- U.S. Patent No. 4,854,661 to Cooper et al. discloses a lid over the splice holder with a resilient pad positioned within the lid to hold the fiber splices within respective shallow grooves of the underlying splice holder.
- the DeSanti patent, U.S. Patent No. 4,687,289 includes a lid which may be offset from underlying grooves to thereby accommodate a slightly smaller fusion splice, as compared to a typical mechanical splice.
- a splice closure also typically includes a lower slack storage tray adjacent the stacked splice trays.
- the slack storage tray is particularly important for a drop splice where a large number of fibers are passed through the splice closure without being spliced.
- a typical slack storage tray is generally rectangular in shape with perpendicularly extending opposing sidewalls. The slack storage tray extends generally lengthwise within a cylindrical housing as in the FOSC 100 splice closure.
- Another concern relating to splice closures includes an ability to preferentially separate a desired optical fiber or ribbon from a slack bundle on a splice organizer tray with minimum disturbance to adjacent fibers. This tedious task is typically attempted by using a relatively small hooked probe, such as a crochet needle, to separate a desired optical fiber or ribbon from slack which is positioned adjacent side walls of the splice tray.
- an object of the present invention to provide a splice closure including transport tubes that prevent undesired bending of ribbon type fiber optic cables and that may also accommodate loose buffer tube cables. It is another object of the invention to provide a fiber optic splice closure including a series of splice trays that may be arranged in a stacked position or may be moved to a raised position to facilitate access to an underlying tray.
- a fiber optic splice closure including splice trays that permit the ready separation of predetermined fibers from adjacent slack fibers.
- each transport tube is generally oval with a major dimension and a minor dimension to thereby impart greater flexibility for bending in the direction normal to the major dimension.
- an optical fiber ribbon positioned within the transport tube will preferably bend along its major dimension rather than its minor dimension.
- the transport tube also preferably has thicker opposing end wall portions than opposing side wall portions to impart the desired differential flexibility.
- the transport tube preferably has a predetermined major interior dimension for receiving therein a fiber optic ribbon formed of a predetermined number of optical fibers arranged in side-by-side relation.
- the minor interior dimension of the transport tube is also preferably selected to frictionally engage any of a range of commercially available fiber optic loose buffer tubes. Accordingly, the transport tube may be used for both optical fiber ribbon cable and loose buffer tube cable.
- the splice closure also preferably includes a bracket for pivotally mounting the splice trays.
- a hinge for each splice tray includes detents for holding a respective splice tray in either of two raised position to thereby facilitate access to an underlying splice tray. Access to an individual splice tray may be desired to locate or remake a defective splice.
- the splice closure also includes cable termination means for securing one or more optical fiber cables within the splice closure housing.
- the cable termination means preferably includes guide means for guiding optical fibers from the one or more optical fiber cables along a predetermined bend radius and to the transport tubes. The guide means may accommodate either optical fiber ribbons or individual optical fibers.
- the guide means preferably includes a base connected to the bracket that mounts the splice trays.
- An arcuately shaped wall having the predetermined bend radius extends outwardly from the base.
- Transport tube receiving means is provided for the guide means by a series of spaced apart walls extending outwardly from the base of the guide means and thereby defining a series of slots for securing the transport tubes.
- Another aspect of the present invention is an enlarged capacity slack storage tray positioned within the splice closure housing.
- Conventional slack storage trays are generally rectangular in shape and thus have a limited height when positioned within a cylindrical housing.
- the slack storage tray according to the present invention includes a portion defined by a generally rectangular base and a pair of opposing side walls extending outwardly from the base at a predetermined obtuse angle generally following an adjacent curved portion of the cylindrical housing. Accordingly, an additional volume of slack storage space is obtained. This additional slack storage capacity is especially important for an express or drop splice point where many of the fibers are not spliced, but rather simply pass through the splice closure and must be stored as slack.
- the splice holder includes a base and a series of spaced apart flexible walls extending outwardly from the base and defining a series of channels between adjacent pairs of the walls. Moreover, each of the walls has a hollow cavity extending through a substantial portion thereof and is formed of a flexible material to thereby readily accommodate splices of different sizes within respective channels.
- the base and walls of the splice holder are preferably formed of integrally molded rubber.
- An embodiment of the splice holder preferably includes a pair of inserts positioned in spaced apart relation and wherein each insert includes a base and a series of upstanding walls.
- the inserts are preferably positioned so that the walls extend through corresponding openings in a generally rigid shell which overlies the bases and provides support thereto.
- the shell also preferably has side walls to support the peripheral flexible walls and prevent them from bending outwardly.
- the bracket mounting the splice trays is generally U-shaped. Accordingly, a cable may be readily positioned passing through the U-shaped opening and to an opposite side of the splice closure. In many typical prior art splice closures, the bracket had a central opening which, therefore, required carefully threading a substantial length of cable through the central opening.
- the U-shaped bracket of the present invention overcomes this shortcoming of the prior art splice closures.
- the splice trays include at least one pair of spaced apart ridges on an inner portion of opposing side walls of the splice tray.
- the ridges permit insertion of a hooked probe between the ridges to thereby facilitate separation of a predetermined optical fiber or group of optical fibers from adjacent slack optical fibers.
- a method aspect according to the invention includes positioning over an optical fiber ribbon a generally flexible transport tube as described above.
- the transport tube has a longitudinal axis and a predetermined cross-sectional shape for imparting to the transport tube differential flexibility between first and second directions transverse to the longitudinal axis.
- the first direction corresponds to the direction generally normal to the major dimension of the optical fiber ribbon and has a substantially greater flexibility than the second direction which corresponds to the direction generally normal to the minor dimension of the optical fiber ribbon.
- FIG. 1 is a cutaway perspective view of a splice closure according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of the splice closure according to the invention with the housing and end cap removed to illustrate the series of stacked splice trays.
- FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the splice closure according to the invention with the housing removed to illustrate the series of stacked splice trays and the slack storage tray.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of the slack storage tray and fiber optic guide as in the splice closure according to the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the slack storage tray of FIG. 4 taken along line 5-5.
- FIG. 6 is a greatly enlarged cross-sectional view of the fiber optic guide as shown in FIG. 4 taken along line 6-6 and illustrating fiber optic transport tubes secured to a portion of the guide.
- FIG. 7 is a greatly enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion of an embodiment the fiber optic transport tube according to the invention.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a splice holder according to the invention.
- FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the splice holder as shown in FIG. 8.
- FIG. 10 is a bottom view of a corner portion of the splice holder as shown in FIG. a
- FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the splice holder as shown in FIG. 8 taken along line 11 -11.
- FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the splice holder as shown in FIG. 8 taken along line 12-12.
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a portion of the bracket and splice tray pivotally secured thereto according to the invention.
- FIG. 14 is a greatly enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 14-14 of FIG. 15 showing the splice trays in a stacked position.
- FIGS. 15 and 16 are cross-sectional views similar to FIG. 14 showing the splice tray in a first and second raised position, respectively,
- FIG. 17 is a greatly enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line 17-17 of FIG.
- FIG. 18 is a side elevational view of the hinge portion of the bracket and splice trays according to the invention illustrating the movement of a splice tray to a fully raised position, such as to facilitate removal of a splice tray.
- FIG. 19a is a perspective view of the friction fit connection between the transport tube according to the invention and an optical fiber loose buffer tube.
- FIG. 19b is a cross-sectional view taken along line 19b-19b of FIG. 19a.
- FIG. 20a is a fragmentary perspective view of the transport tube according to the invention in which an optical fiber ribbon is positioned.
- FIG.20b is a cross-sectional view taken along line 20b-20b of FIG. 20a.
- a fiber optic splice closure according to the invention is generally designated as 30 in the accompanying drawings.
- the illustrated embodiment of the splice closure 30 is for a butt-splice, although, as would be readily understood by those skilled in the art, the features of the present invention may also be similarly and beneficially applied to an in-line splice.
- the splice closure 30 includes a generally cylindrical housing 31 with an end cap 32 secured thereto.
- One or more fiber optic cables 33 enter the housing 31 through suitable openings in the end cap 32.
- the cables 33 are secured within the splice closure 30 by cable termination means, such as including the use of conventional strain relief clamps as described below.
- a series of splice trays 35 is pivotally connected at one end to a mounting bracket 37 which, in turn is connected to an inside face of the end cap 32.
- Each of the splice trays 35 preferably includes a series of splice holders 36 as more fully described below.
- the individual splice trays 35 are movable between a stacked position and a raised position to facilitate access to an underlying splice tray 35 (FIG. 3) also as more fully described below.
- the optical fibers from the optical fiber cables 33 are carried by flexible transport tubes 40 to respective splice trays 35.
- the transport tubes 40 must be sufficiently flexible to permit the splice trays 35 to be moved between the stacked and raised positions, yet still be sufficiently rigid to prevent more sharply bending the optical fibers than the desired minimum bend radius.
- the transport tube 40 according to the present invention includes means for imparting to the tube differential flexibility between first and second directions transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube.
- the means for imparting the differential flexibility is a predetermined cross-sectional shape of the tube.
- a generally oval cross-sectional shape provides the differential flexibility. Accordingly, when the transport tube 40 according to the invention is used to carry one or more optical fiber ribbons, the ribbons are prevented from bending in a direction transverse to the minor dimension of the optical fiber ribbon, and, instead bend preferentially in a direction transverse to the major dimension of the ribbon.
- the splice tray 35 includes a generally rectangular base 35a and a pair of opposing side walls 35b extending outwardly therefrom.
- the ridges 39 on the side walls 35b permit a technician to insert a hooked probed therebetween to engage and separate out predetermined fibers from adjacent slack fibers 50.
- the mounting bracket 37 is generally U-shaped with a first leg secured to an inner face of the end cap 32.
- the generally U-shaped mounting bracket 37 provides a U-shaped or slotted opening 38 to permit a fiber cable to be routed through the opening to an opposite side of the splice closure 30.
- the U-shaped mounting bracket 37 according to the invention permits even a substantial length of slack cable to be routed to an opposite side of the splice closure.
- the U-shaped mounting bracket 37 overcomes a shortcoming of the prior art which provided a bracket having a central opening and through which the a substantial length of cable would have to carefully threaded.
- the splice closure 30 also includes a slack storage tray 45 connected at one end to the U-shaped mounting bracket 37 and positioned below the series of splice trays 35.
- the slack storage tray 45 includes a generally rectangular base 46 and pair of opposing side walls 47 extending outwardly at an obtuse angle from the base (FIG. 5). The thus angled side walls 47 follow corresponding curved portions of the splice closure housing 31 and, therefore, provide an enlarged slack storage capacity for storing slack cable 50 within the slack storage tray 45.
- a upper side wall portion 48 of the slack storage tray 45 extends upwardly at a right angle to the base 45 similar to a conventional slack storage tray.
- the slack storage tray 45 also includes three tabs 49 extending inwardly in a plane parallel to the base 46 to thereby facilitate positioning of the slack 50 within the slack storage tray 45. As illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5, tie wraps 51 may be used to secure the slack 50 within the slack storage tray 45.
- the cable termination means of the present invention also includes guide means 55 positioned within the slack fiber storage tray 45 and to which the fiber optic cables 33 are secured (FIG. 4).
- the guide means 55 may accommodate optical fiber ribbon, individual optical fibers, or individual optical fibers broken out from optical fiber ribbons.
- the guide means 55 includes a base 56 and an arcuately shaped wall 57 extending upwardly therefrom and having a predetermined bend radius for guiding predetermined ones of optical fibers, or optical fiber ribbons 50 as in the illustrated embodiment, to respective transport tubes 40.
- the guide means 55 also includes a first tab 60 extending outwardly generally parallel to the base 56 and a pair of upwardly extending tabs 61 spaced apart from the arcuately shaped wall 57 and carried in spaced apart relation therefrom by respective extended portions of the base 56 (FIG. 4).
- the guide means 55 also includes transport tube retaining means 65 including a series of spaced apart walls 66 extending outwardly from the base 56 of the guide means 55.
- the spaced apart walls 66 may preferably have a serpentine shape to thereby define a series of notches therealong to retain respective transport tubes 40 as best illustrated by the greatly enlarged view of FIG. 6.
- the transport tube retaining means 65 also includes an enlarged fan-out area 67 immediately prior to the series of serpentine spaced apart walls 66 to facilitate feeding the optical fiber ribbons 50 to respective transport tubes 40.
- the fiber optic transport tube 40 has a differential flexibility to thereby readily protect optical fiber ribbons 50 carried within the transport tube from bending in a direction normal to their minor dimension. Such bending would likely cause the ribbon to buckle and highly stress the optical fibers.
- a preferred cross-sectional shape for the transport tube 40 is generally oval or racetrack-like. As would be readily understood by those skilled in the art, other cross-sectional shapes may also be used to impart differential flexibility to the transport tube 40.
- the transport tube 40 also preferably has opposing end wall portions 40a that have a predetermined thickness greater than the thickness of the opposing side wall portions 40b.
- Typical wall thicknesses for a polyethylene transport tube 40 are 0.037" for the end wall portions 40a and 0.032" for the side wall portions 40b.
- the difference in wall thicknesses is sufficient to impart the desired differential flexibility to the transport tube 40, yet sufficiently close to permit the transport tube to be readily cut using a conventional ring cutter tool, as would be appreciated by those skilled in the ait.
- the interior major cross-sectional dimension of the transport tube 40 is preferably selected to accommodate a typical optical fiber ribbon within the major interior dimension as shown in FIGS. 20a and 20b.
- the minor interior dimension of the transport tube 40 is preferably selected to frictionally engage a conventional loose buffer tube 52 with individual optical fibers 53 therein.
- Conventional fiber optic buffer tubes 52 are available in outside diameters of 0.095"., 0.103", and 0.120", all of which may be readily accommodated by the transport tube 40 having an minor interior dimension slightly less that 0.095".
- Such a minor dimension will also accommodate one or several optical fiber ribbons 50 so as to restrict the ribbons from unintended rotational movement.
- the ribbons are maintained within the transport tube 40 with their major dimension properly aligned with the major interior dimension of the transport tube.
- the transport tube 40 of the present invention may be advantageously used with either ribbon- type fiber optic cables or with loose tube fiber optic cables as would be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art.
- splice holder 36 typically secures several splices in side-by-side relation.
- the splice holder must securely hold the splices and prevent damage thereto such as caused by mechanical shock and vibration.
- the splice holder 36 according to the invention accommodates a variety of different manufacturers' splices 70 with different external dimensions.
- the splice holder 36 protects the splices 70 from shock and vibration.
- the splice holder 36 includes a generally rigid shell 71 having a predetermined pattern of openings 73 in a base portion 72 of the shell.
- the shell 71 also includes a pair of opposing spaced apart side walls 74.
- a pair of flexible inserts 77 is positioned in the shell 71 so that a series of spaced apart walls 78, extending outwardly from a base 80 of the inserts 77, passes through the corresponding openings 73 in the base portion 72 of the shell 71.
- the walls 78, 78a and the base 80 of the inserts 77 of the illustrated embodiment are integrally molded of a flexible rubber material. Accordingly, the generally rigid shell 71 serves to support and stabilize the flexible inserts 77 on a splice tray 35.
- the flexible walls 78, 78a of the inserts 77 define a series of channels 79 for receiving therein respective optical fiber splices 70.
- the outermost walls 78a of the inserts 77 at the peripheral opposing sides of the base 80 are solid walls of about half the thickness of the interior walls 78.
- the side walls 74 of the shell 71 serve to prevent the outermost walls 78a from bowing outwardly an undesired amount when splices are positioned in the channels 79 adjacent the outermost walls 78a.
- the flexible inserts 77 are preferably formed of injection moldable rubber, that is, non-crosslinked, non-vulcanized rubber as would be readily known to those skilled in the art.
- the injection moldable rubber permits the inserts 77 to be readily injection molded and then subsequently removed from the mold despite the overhanging projections 82 on the tops of flexible walls 78, 78a.
- the projections 82 further serve to secure different sized splices 70 in the respective channels 79.
- each of the flexible walls 78 of the inserts 77 includes a hollow cavity 84 extending through a substantial portion thereof vertically from the base 80 to near the top of the wall 78.
- the hollow cavity 84 permits a wider range of sizes of splices 70 to be positioned within the channels 79 and also provides enhanced cushioning and shock absorbing for the splices, especially as compared to a solid wall of a resilient material, for example.
- Another aspect of the splice closure 30 according to the present invention is the provision of hinge means, including detent means, to releasably lock individual ones of the splice trays 35 in either of two raised positions as illustrated in FIGS. 13-18. Accordingly, an underlying splice tray 35 may be accessed.
- hinge means including detent means
- a freely pivotal splice tray could be propped into a raised position by a clip which was inserted adjacent the pivot point of the tray. The present invention obviates the need for this separate clip.
- a hinge pin 90 is connected at one end of the splice tray 35 by a hinge pin mounting bracket 91.
- the splice tray mounting bracket 37 includes a series of slotted openings 93 for receiving the hinge pins 90. More particularly, the mounting bracket 37 includes a series of cammed surfaces 95 including predetermined detent portions 95a, 95b and 95c which serve together with the detent bar 96 of the splice tray to releasably lock the splice tray 35 in a stacked position (FIG. 14), a first raised position (FIG. 15), and a second raised position (FIG. 16), respectively.
- the detent bar 96 is secured to the hinge pin mounting bracket 91 in spaced relation from the hinge pin 90.
- a splice tray 35 may be removed from the bracket 37 by aligning the tray in a full upright position (FIG. 18) which aligns opposing flat surfaces of the hinge pin 90 with the slotted opening 93 to permit the tray to be withdrawn.
- FIG. 17 illustrates securing an end of a transport tube 40 to the splice tray 35.
- An integrally molded wedge 100 is provided in the corner between the side wall 35b and the base 35a of the tray and is secured in position with a tie wrap 101. Accordingly, the transport tube 40 is aligned at about a 45' angle in the corner so that the tie wrap 101 engages the transport tube thereby directing the compressive force of the tie wrap against the shorter and slightly thicker end walls 40a rather than the longer and slightly thinner side walls 40b of the transport tube.
- the transport tube 40 protect the optical fibers during any such movement.
- the transport tube 40 according to the present invention is particularly suited for protecting optical fiber ribbons, but may also be used for loose buffered fibers as well.
- a method aspect according to the present invention is for protecting an optical fiber ribbon against undesired bending in a splice closure.
- the method includes the step of positioning over the optical fiber ribbon a generally flexible transport tube with differential flexibility as described above.
- Preferably each end of the transport tube is also secured, one end to a splice tray and the opposite end to cable termination means.
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