Patent ID: 8351754
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: B65H,G02B

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a container for automatically storing excess length of each of a plurality of optical bundles in said container during and after deployment of one or more of said optical bundles from said container, said each optical bundle having a plurality of mutually-isolated and optically-transmissive strands, each strand having two ends with a respective optical connector affixed to each end, said container including an axel within said container supported by opposite sides of said container, said axel supporting a plurality of reels each rotatably-mounted on, and independently-rotatable about, said axel, each said optical bundle being wound-around a different one of said reels and being encased at one end thereof in a pulling sock to enable a technician to grasp said pulling sock and pull said optical bundle including all said strands at said one end out of said container to achieve said deployment, thereby automatically storing any remaining portion of said optical bundle on said one of said reels within said container.