Patent ID: 6081644
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A cable sleeve with a holding apparatus for cassettes for storing and splicing light waveguides, wherein each cassette is individually accessible, said cable sleeve comprising a cassette holder and a plurality of cassettes, each cassette having, along a longitudinal edge, a pivot axle provided by two laterally projecting axle pegs, which extend from lateral edges of the cassette, each of the axle pegs having a catch projection, the cassette holder having means for engaging the axle pegs of each of the cassettes to hold the cassettes in a hinged fashion, the cassette holder having catch means for engaging the catch projections of the cassette to hold the cassette in at least one position, said catch means being in the form of a resilient catch rail comprising latches in which the catch projections of each of the cassettes can be snapped, said rail being deflectable in a direction parallel to the pivot axle so that the latches can be unlocked by means of pressure being applied on the catch rail, the cassette holder having an open space to provide a channel for light waveguides to be guided to the individual cassettes and each of the cassettes having inlets for the light waveguides to the cassette being arranged on said longitudinal edge disposed on the pivoting axle, at least two of the inlets being arranged on said longitudinal edge, with the direction of introduction extending tangentially to circular guide rails provided in each of the cassettes, so that the at least two inlets are directed at an angle to the pivoting axle and are directed pointing away from one another.