초록 ▼

An office panelling system is advantageously combined with fiber optic communication cable wherein the panels of the system are generally open in the center thereof and the vertical space of the panel is advantageously used for reducing the curvature of the cable between panels disposed at an angle.

An office panelling system is advantageously combined with fiber optic communication cable wherein the panels of the system are generally open in the center thereof and the vertical space of the panel is advantageously used for reducing the curvature of the cable between panels disposed at an angle. The panels have a metal framework onto the sides of which cover members are secured such that the interior of the framework is generally open. The framework includes a host of distributed passage ports therethrough for allowing communication cables and the like to pass through the framework where desired. The fiber optic communication cable is strung through the frameworks of the panels and rounds corners between panels disposed at an angle by using both the vertical and horizontal planes of the framework to provide a curvature in the cable rounding the corner between angled panels much greater than the angle of curvature of the cable if the cable was confined to a single horizontal plane for rounding the same corner. The rate of curvature of the cable is important, as in fiber optic cables light loss is encountered with any corner and the extent of the light loss increases as the radius of curvature becomes smaller. It is the general practice that the rate of curvature chould not be less than ten times the diameter of the cable.

대표청구항 ▼

In combination, an office panelling system and fiber optic communication cable, said office panelling system comprising interconnected panels, said panels interconnecting in a straight line or at angles, including 90 degrees, each panel having a metal framework onto the sides of which cover members

In combination, an office panelling system and fiber optic communication cable, said office panelling system comprising interconnected panels, said panels interconnecting in a straight line or at angles, including 90 degrees, each panel having a metal framework onto the sides of which cover members are secured with the interior of said framework generally available for receiving said fiber optic cable, said framework having vertical and horizontal structural members with said structural members including a host of distributed passage ports therethrough for allowing communication cables and the like to pass through said framework where desired; said fiber optic communication cable being strung through the frameworks of said panels and rounding corners between panels at an angle by using both the vertical and horizontal planes of the framework and appropriate passage ports in said structural members to provide a curvature in said cable rounding the corner of said angled panels much greater than an angle of curvature of the cable if the cable was confined to a single horizontal plane for rounding the same corner.