Patent ID: 6289159
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical fiber distribution system, comprising:(a) at least one stack of optical fiber interconnection modules; and(b) at least one optical fiber storage region located in at least one said stack of interconnection modules, which storage region, in use, stores spare lengths of one or more optical fibers which extend between respective interconnection modules, wherein the or each storage region comprises a plurality of stationary elongated supports which extend from a back of the at least one stack of optical interconnection modules towards a front of the at least one stack of optical interconnection modules and which are mutually spaced-apart across at least part of a width of the stack of interconnection modules such that, in use, each spare length of optical fiber is be routed into the storage region and routed around at least one of the elongated supports which is selected to provide at least approximately a correct storage length required for that spare length of optical fiber, wherein each of the plurality of elongated supports is longer than an adjacent one of the plurality of elongated supports from one side to an opposite side of the stack of interconnection modules.