Patent ID: 8565572
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications apparatus comprising: a tray configured to mount within a housing adapted for connection to a telecommunications rack, the tray including a base having a top side and a bottom side; a first spool mounted to the tray at a location above the top side of the base, the first spool being rotatable relative to the tray; a plurality of fiber optic adapters, the fiber optic adapters being carried by the first spool when the first spool is rotated relative to the tray; a second spool mounted to the tray at a location below the bottom side of the base; and a fiber optic cable assembly, the fiber optic cable assembly including a main cable portion that is spooled about the first spool and is also spooled about the second spool, the main cable portion including a jacket containing a plurality of optical fibers, the fiber optic cable assembly also including a broken-out portion where the optical fibers are broken-out from the jacket and incorporated into separate pigtails having connectorized ends received within the fiber optic adapters, the connectorized pigtails extending at least partially along a fiber routing path that extends along the top side of the base of the tray from the first spool to the fiber optic adapters; wherein the second spool is mounted to the tray such that the tray rotates in concert with the second spool when the main cable portion of the fiber optic cable assembly is paid out from the second spool, and wherein the first spool rotates relative to the tray when the main cable portion of the fiber optic cable assembly is paid out from the first spool.