Patent ID: 9575258
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A method of switching, from a first adapter to a second adapter, a patch cord fiber in a fiber management system having a plurality of non-tensioned patch cord fibers, the patch cord fiber having a connector connected at the first adapter, the method comprising: disconnecting the connector from the first adapter; distinguishing the disconnected patch cord fiber, at a handling region removed from the connector, from other patch cord fibers according to a position of the patch cord fiber in the fiber management system; pulling the distinguished patch cord fiber at the handling region to receive and clasp the disconnected connector, wherein the pulling is carried out to disentangle the pulled patch cord fiber from the other patch cord fibers; and connecting the clasped connector to the second adapter wherein the method is carried out by a robotic unit, and wherein the disconnecting and the connecting are carried out at an adapter handling region and the distinguishing and the pulling are carried out at a cord handling region.