Patent ID: 7874411
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: B65H,G02B

Abstract:
1. A reel for maintaining a fiber optic cable assembly including at least one connection terminal, comprising a drum defining an exterior surface for receiving a length of wound cable and including at least one access panel therein for providing access to an interior cavity; a first flange removably secured to a first end of the drum, the first flange having a substantially centrally located aperture therein for receiving an axle therethrough; and a second flange removably secured to a second end of the drum, the second flange having a substantially centrally located aperture therein for receiving the axle therethrough; wherein the reel has at least one cable of the fiber optic cable assembly around the exterior surface of the reel and the interior cavity is used to maintain the at least one connection terminal of the cable assembly within, wherein the at least one connection terminal is a multiport having a plurality of discrete ports, and the first and second flanges are substantially rectangular in shape and define folding edges for folding over and substantially enclosing a wound cable assembly.