Patent ID: 7116883

Claim:
A protective carrier for a fiber optic cable comprises a casing having a first opening and a second opening at opposite sides of said casing; a rotor mounted in said casing for rotation about an axis, said rotor having two axially spaced annular grooves therein; a fiber optic cable having opposite ends; means securing said cable between said opposite ends to said rotor at said axis for rotation with said rotor; means for rotating said rotor; first guide means extending from said axis to one of said grooves; and second guide means extending from said axis to the other of said grooves, said first and second guide means guiding those portions of said cable on opposite sides of said axis from said axis to said first and second grooves respectively, rotation of said rotor in one direction enabling that portion of said cable on one side of said axis to pass through said first opening and outwardly of said casing and that portion of said cable on the opposite side of said axis to pass through said second opening and outwardly of said casing, rotation of said rotor in the opposite direction enabling said portions of said cable to pass through the respective openings and into said casing.