Patent ID: 9664870
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A cable management panel comprising: a chassis; a drawer slidably mounted within the chassis, the drawer slidable between a first position with the drawer fully inserted within the chassis and a second position with the drawer extended from the interior of the chassis; an access location allowing entry of optical fiber cable into a side of the chassis and the drawer; and a cable take-up mechanism including a radius limiter slidably mounted relative to the drawer and movable via a control mechanism that includes a rotating member having teeth that engage a gear rack on at least one of the chassis and the drawer from a first position relative to the chassis toward a second position relative to the chassis which is forward of the first position as the drawer is moved from the first position to the second position, wherein movement of the drawer is synchronized at all times with the movement of the cable take-up mechanism relative to the chassis such that the drawer and the cable take-up mechanism are configured to move simultaneously in the same direction relative to the chassis, wherein the cable take-up mechanism is configured to move with respect to the drawer in a direction that is parallel to the movement of the drawer relative to the chassis, the synchronized movement being controlled by the control mechanism.