Patent ID: 9722407
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B65H,H02G

Claim:
1. A rack assembly for organizing a plurality of telecommunications cables in a telecommunications rack, the rack assembly comprising: a plurality of cable handling assemblies each adapted to store and pay-out a telecommunications cable, the cable handling assemblies each including a plurality of pulley sets that include a first pulley, a second pulley, and a housing member that supports the first and the second pulleys and also guides the second pulley as a take-up distance between the first and the second pulleys decreases, the take-up distance decreasing upon the telecommunications cable being paid-out of each respective cable handling assembly; and an actuating projection; wherein at least one of the cable handling assemblies includes a retraction actuator that adapts the at least one cable handling assembly to retract the corresponding telecommunications cable; and wherein the at least one cable handling assembly retracts the corresponding telecommunications cable by engaging the retraction actuator of the at least one cable handling assembly with the actuating projection of the rack assembly and by pulling the at least one cable handling assembly within the rack assembly.