Patent ID: 9618720
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B29C,B65H,G02B,H02G,Y10T

Claim:
1. A fiber optic outlet box assembly, comprising: an enclosure defining a cavity therein; a spool rotatably situated in the cavity, the spool having first and second flanges spaced apart from one another with a core between inside surfaces of the first and second flanges and a cylindrical core extension extending from an outside surface of the first flange, the core and the core extension both being situated within the cavity and configured to have fiber optic cable wrapped thereabout, wherein the first and second flanges, the core and the core extension are all coaxial and are situated to rotate about a common rotation axis within the cavity relative to the enclosure; a plurality of fiber optic adapter mounts directly connected to the outside surface of the first flange; a fiber optic cable opening extending through the enclosure for paying out the fiber optic cable from the enclosure; a plurality of fiber optic adapter openings extending through the enclosure to provide access to the plurality of fiber optic adapter mounts; a plurality of fiber optic adapters received by the fiber optic adapter mounts, the fiber optic adaptors having first and second ports; a first fiber optic cable having first and second connectorized ends, the first connectorized end received by the first port of one of the fiber optic adaptors; a first portion of the first fiber optic cable extending from the first connectorized end and wrapped around the core extension; a second portion of the first fiber optic cable extending through an opening in the first flange and wrapped around the core with the second connectorized end extending through the fiber optic cable opening, such that the fiber optic cable may be selectively paid out through the fiber optic cable opening by rotating the spool within the enclosure to unwind the second portion of the first fiber optic cable from the core.