A tool system for threading an optical fiber through a hole formed in a wall at customer premises, and for protecting the fiber inside the wall. A tool body has forwardly projecting fingers for capturing a connector at an end of the fiber from a direction approaching a front face of the connector. A back end of the tool body is arranged to engage a rod handle of such length that its free end can be threaded through the hole and out the opposite side of the wall. Using the handle, the tool body is pulled through the hole along with a captured connector and associated fiber. A hole plug has a hollow cylindrical body and an access slit for passing the fiber inside the body for protection. The plug body has teeth for engaging the premises wall and retaining the plug at a desired angular position in the wall.

A module for optical fiber installation and storage at customer premises has a base, and a fiber supply spool mounted for rotation on the base. An elongated adapter plate has a front end portion for mounting a connector adapter. A rear end portion of the adapter plate has first hinge parts at one side of the plate, and the fiber supply spool has second hinge parts for engaging the first hinge parts of the plate to define a hinge axis. The adapter plate can swivel about the hinge axis between a position where the plate lies flush on the supply spool and the spool can turn as fiber unwinds, and a position where a port of a connector adapter mounted on the plate is accessible for connection to an outside device when the module is closed, and the plate engages the module base to restrain the spool from rotation.

The present disclosure relates to systems and method for deploying a fiber optic network. Distribution devices are used to index fibers within the system to ensure that live fibers are provided at output locations throughout the system. In an example, fibers can be indexed in multiple directions within the system. In an example, fibers can be stored and deployed form storage spools.

A telecommunications module defines an interior with separate right and left chambers. An optical component is housed within the left chamber. Signal input and output locations are exposed to the right chamber. The right chamber allows excess fiber to accumulate without bending in a radius smaller than a minimum bend radius. A dual-layered cable management structure is positioned within the right chamber that defines a lower cable-wrapping level and a separate upper cable-wrapping level. The upper cable-wrapping level is defined by a removable cable retainer mounted on a spool defining the lower-cable wrapping level. Cabling carrying the input and output signals are passed between the right and left chambers before and after being processed by the optical component.

The invention relates to a winding device (100) for winding a fibre coil, comprising a coil carrier (110) for wrapping with fibre (210) in order to produce a coil body (220) made of wound fibres (210), a fibre supply (120) for supplying a fibre (210) for wrapping the coil carrier (110), and an adhesive device (130) for producing droplets of adhesive (140) for bonding the outermost layer of fibres (210) on the coil body (220) to fibres (210) freshly laid onto the coil body (220).

Certain types of fiber termination enclosures include an enclosure and at least one of a plurality of plate module mounting assemblies. Example plate module mounting assemblies include a termination panel plate assembly; a splice tray plate assembly; a cable spool plate assembly; and a drop-in plate assembly. Example cable spool plate assemblies include a cable spool arrangement rotationally coupled to a mounting plate, which fixedly mounts within the enclosure housing. A stand-off mount element may be disposed on the front of the cable spool arrangement to rotate in unison with the cable spool arrangement. The stand-off mount element may include one or more termination adapters.

A server rack is cabled to obviate the need for top-of-rack switches. Switches and severs are connected through de-mateable connection interfaces at distribution modules disposed along the raceway above the server cabinets. The distribution modules may have externally accessible ports, internally accessible ports, and/or payout spools for the switch cables and/or the server cables.

A fiber termination point arrangement (100) including an enclosure (110) and a storage member (130). The enclosure (110) holds at least one optical adapter having an external port. The storage member (130) includes a rearwardly facing cable spool (135). The fiber termination point arrangement (100) mounts over a wall outlet so that the cable spool (135) is hidden from view. The fiber termination point arrangement (100) has a rear input port that enables a cable or fiber to enter the fiber termination point arrangement (100) from the rear (e.g., at the cable spool) without extending beyond the boundaries of the fiber termination point arrangement (100) when routed from the wall outlet.

An optical termination module (50) comprises a fixed part (60) to be attached to a mounting member (108) of an electric cabinet (100) and a movable part (70) rotatably attached to the fixed part (60) to move relative to the fixed part (60) about a rotation axis (X-X) between a first position and a second position. The fixed part (60) has a bottom surface (61a) with an inlet opening (61b) configured to receive an optical drop cable (1) and the movable part (70) has a bottom surface (71a) with one or more outlet openings (71b) configured to receive respective one or more optical customer cables (5).

A bending device for forming a product from a workpiece includes a shaft driven to rotate by a motor, an actuator including an extendable end configured to secure a portion of the workpiece, and a die coupled to the shaft and driven about an axis. The die includes a peripheral portion including a channel configured to receive the workpiece. The channel includes a first end and a second end offset from the first end in a direction parallel to the axis. Rotation of the die about the axis causes the workpiece to bend along the channel.