Intelligent Fiber Fusion Tray

Abstract

This utility model relates to an intelligent fiber fusion splice tray, addressing the technical problems of existing similar products, such as simple structural design, small capacity, inconsistent fiber length, order, and neatness, inconvenient sorting and maintenance, and complex operation and maintenance. The splice tray is circular, with a slot on the top surface for fixing and installing heat-shrinkable fiber optic connectors. The tray is positioned within a groove in the base plate. Key features include side grooves on the outer diameter of the tray for winding the fiber, with these grooves curving inwards. The base plate edges on both sides of the tray have symmetrically arranged inlet and outlet ports. Four symmetrically arranged cylinders are located outside the slots on the outer side of the tray, and symmetrically arranged baffles are located on the inner diameter of the grooves on both sides of the inlet and outlet ports on the outer side of the base plate. Its simple structure, reasonable design, large fiber capacity, ease of use, and wide application range make it suitable for use as an intelligent fiber fusion tray in similar products such as optical cable splice boxes.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a fiber splicing tray for optical cable boxes, which is an intelligent fiber splicing tray. Background Technology

[0002] A fusion splice tray, also known as a fiber optic fusion reel or fiber optic distribution tray, is a core component inside equipment such as fiber optic splice boxes and fiber optic distribution frames. It is a plastic tray used to securely fix, protect, and orderly store fiber optic splices and excess fiber. Fusion trays typically have locations for fiber optic adapters, enabling direct fiber splicing and distribution. They are installed in outdoor fiber optic splice boxes or distribution boxes for protecting the splice points of two or more outdoor fiber optic cables, often buried underground or hung on utility poles; or installed indoors in fiber optic junction boxes or fiber optic terminal boxes for the termination, splicing, distribution, and management of fiber optic cables, connecting to communication equipment. However, existing similar products have a simple structure and small capacity. When optical fibers have design defects, such as sheath retraction, they can easily cause stress on the optical fibers in the fusion splice tray, thus paralyzing the entire network. Moreover, when maintenance personnel arrive, they have to rearrange the order of the optical fibers, and in some cases, they have to strip the optical cable again, re-sponge the optical fibers, and re-coil the fibers, which is exhausting and seriously affects construction efficiency and network operation security. They can no longer meet the needs of large-scale deployment and high-density optical fiber access in current optical communication networks.

[0003] Furthermore, existing fusion splice trays have shortcomings in fiber winding, fixing, and protection, easily causing the fiber bending radius to fall short of standards or being damaged by external forces, affecting fiber transmission performance and lifespan. Simultaneously, the complex operation during installation and maintenance increases construction difficulty and time costs. Moreover, existing fusion splice trays are fixed, requiring manual winding of fibers into the tray. Depending on the type of winding, the length, order, and neatness of the wound fibers vary, some neatly arranged, others very messy, causing significant trouble for subsequent fiber splice maintenance in the splice box. Each operation requires a long time to reorganize, increasing maintenance costs and impacting work efficiency. In addition, fixed fusion splice trays have limitations in space utilization, failing to adapt to the flexible winding requirements of different fiber specifications, resulting in inefficient use of space within the splice box. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a high-capacity intelligent splice tray with optimized structure, large capacity, intelligent management, and easy installation and maintenance to solve the above problems and improve the overall reliability and efficiency of optical communication networks. Summary of the Invention

[0004] To overcome the above shortcomings, the purpose of this utility model is to provide a high-capacity intelligent fiber fusion splice tray for splice boxes, thereby solving the technical problems of existing similar products, such as simple structural design, small capacity, inconsistent fiber length, order, and neatness, inconvenience in sorting and organizing, and complex operation and maintenance. This objective is achieved through the following technical solution.

[0005] A smart fiber fusion splice tray is disclosed. The tray is circular, with a slot on its top surface for fixing and installing heat-shrink tubing for fiber optic connectors. The tray is positioned within a groove in a base plate. Key structural design features include an outer diameter groove for winding optical fibers, with the groove curving inwards. Symmetrically arranged inlet and outlet ports are located along the edges of the base plate on both sides of the tray. This fiber fusion tray is primarily used for storing optical fibers within fiber optic splice closures and similar products.

[0006] Furthermore, the disc body is lower than or slightly higher than the groove opening at the bottom plate. This structure facilitates the stacking of bottom plates.

[0007] Furthermore, the outer side of the slot of the disc body is provided with four cylinders arranged symmetrically in pairs.

[0008] Furthermore, the disk body has a fixing hole at its center, and the disk body is fixed or movably installed in the slot of the base plate by a pin at the fixing hole. When the disk body is movably installed in the slot of the base plate, it is convenient to pull the optical fiber inside the disk body to generate rotation at the same time.

[0009] Furthermore, the inner diameter of the grooves on both sides of the inlet and outlet of the bottom plate on the outer side of the disc body is provided with two symmetrically arranged baffles.

[0010] This utility model has a simple structure, reasonable design, large fiber capacity, convenient use, and wide application range; it is suitable for use as an intelligent fiber splicing tray for similar products such as optical cable splice boxes, and for structural improvements of similar products. Attached Figure Description

[0011] Figure 1 This is a top view of the structure of this utility model in use.

[0012] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 A magnified schematic diagram of the disk's structure.

[0013] Figure 3 yes Figure 2 A side view structural diagram.

[0014] Figure 4 yes Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the improved structure.

[0015] Attached figures and their names: 1. Disc body, 101. Slot, 102. Cylinder, 103. Side groove, 104. Fixing hole, 2. Base plate, 201. Cable inlet / outlet, 202. Edge guard. Implementation

[0016] The structure and use of this utility model will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figures 1-4As shown, the fusion splice tray 1 is circular, and the top surface of the tray is provided with a slot 101 for fixing and installing fiber optic connector cards. The tray is set in the slot of the base plate 2. The outer diameter of the tray is provided with a side groove 103 for winding fiber optics. The side groove is curved inward. The bottom plate edges on both sides of the tray are provided with two symmetrically arranged inlet and outlet ports 201. The slot of the tray is lower than or slightly higher than the slot of the base plate.

[0017] The outer side of the slot of the aforementioned disc body is provided with four cylinders 102 arranged symmetrically in pairs; the center of the disc body is provided with a fixing hole 104, and the disc body is fixed or movably installed in the slot of the base plate through the pin at the fixing hole; the inner diameter of the slot on both sides of the inlet and outlet of the base plate on the outer side of the disc body is provided with two symmetrically arranged baffles 202.

[0018] In use, the optical fiber is wound and fixed to the side groove of the disk body through the inlet and outlet ports on both sides of the base plate. After the optical fiber that needs to be fused is connected, the heat shrink sleeve of the fusion splice point is fixed to the slot of the disk body by the optical fiber connector clip. When it is necessary to move the optical fiber, remove the sleeve on the optical fiber connector clip, slowly pull the optical fiber outward or inward, and rewrap and fix it to the side groove of the disk body.

[0019] In summary, this fiber fusion splice tray is an adjustable structure that adaptively adjusts according to the actual number and length of optical fibers, thereby improving the neatness and maintainability of the fiber tray, reducing the impact of human error, and further enhancing the efficiency and reliability of optical cable splicing.

Claims

1. A smart fiber fusion splice tray, wherein the tray body (1) is circular, the top surface of the tray body is provided with a slot (101) for fixing and installing heat shrink tubing for fiber optic connectors, and the tray body is disposed in a slot in a base plate (2); characterized in that The outer diameter of the disk body (1) is provided with a side groove (103) for winding optical fiber. The side groove is curved inward. The bottom plates (2) on both sides of the disk body are provided with two symmetrically arranged inlet and outlet ports (201).

2. The intelligent fiber optic melting tray according to claim 1, characterized in that... The plate body (1) is lower than or slightly higher than the groove of the bottom plate (2).

3. The intelligent fiber optic melting tray according to claim 1, characterized in that... The outer side of the slot (101) of the disk body (1) is provided with four cylinders (102) arranged symmetrically in pairs.

4. The intelligent fiber optic melting tray according to claim 1, characterized in that... The center of the disc body (1) is provided with a fixing hole (104), and the disc body is fixed or movably installed in the groove of the base plate (2) by means of the pin at the fixing hole.

5. The intelligent fiber optic melting tray according to claim 1, characterized in that... The bottom plate (2) on the outside of the disc body (1) has two symmetrically arranged baffles (202) on the inner diameter of the grooves on both sides of the inlet / outlet port (201).

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