Patent ID: 7298950

Claim:
A distribution cabinet for optical fibers, having a housing and a frame mounted in the housing that it can pivot, the optical fibers being routed to the frame from a rear face of the housing and away from said frame in the direction of the rear face, and assemblies for connecting the optical fibers being attached to the frame, wherein at least one holding device for the optical fibers is attached to the frame with the holding device being formed such that it can pivot firstly together with the frame in relation to the housing and secondly in relation to the frame, wherein the holding device is attached to a region of the rear face by at least one traction device and in which region the optical fibers are routed into and out of the distribution cabinet, the traction device being relatively relaxed in a position in which a relative distance between the holding device and the region of the rear face is relatively shortest with the traction device being tensioned as the relative distance increases.