Optical Fiber Rack Vertical Dividers for Bundle Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing optical fiber racks face difficulties in specifying a desired optical fiber among a large number of fibers, making maintenance and operations challenging due to entanglement and disorganization.
Innovation Solution
The optical fiber rack incorporates a rack part with termination units, an optical fiber housing part with a back plate and first dividing bodies arranged vertically, allowing for easy positioning and separation of optical fiber bundles using first and second dividing bodies and optical fiber guides, preventing entanglement and facilitating selection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple optical fiber bundles are housed in the optical fiber housing part, then the quantity of optical fibers increases, but it becomes difficult to specify a desired optical fiber among the large number of fibers
Solution Approach 1:
The optical fiber housing part is divided into multiple sections using first dividing bodies arranged vertically. Each dividing body creates separate holding parts that isolate specific optical fiber bundles, allowing operators to easily locate and specify desired fibers among the large quantity by referring to the segmented structure and corresponding labels.
2Area of stationary object
If optical fiber bundles are densely arranged in the optical fiber housing part, then the space utilization increases, but the optical fiber bundles become entangled
Solution Approach 1:
Vertical dividing bodies partition the housing part into distinct sections, preventing optical fiber bundles from entangling while maintaining dense arrangement. Each section holds specific bundles separately, ensuring orderliness is preserved even when space utilization is maximized.
Solution Approach 2:
The first dividing bodies are arranged in the vertical direction (up-down direction), utilizing the vertical dimension to separate optical fiber bundles horizontally. This dimensional approach allows dense packing while maintaining separation, preventing entanglement through spatial organization in multiple dimensions.
3Device complexity
If the holding part of the first dividing body is positioned closer to the back plate, then the structure is more compact, but the optical fiber bundles cannot be easily positioned and separated
Solution Approach 1:
The holding parts of the first dividing bodies are positioned at different distances from the back plate, creating varying depths that facilitate easy positioning and separation of optical fiber bundles. This dynamic positioning allows operators to access and manipulate bundles without compromising the overall compact structure.
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AI summary
An optical fiber rack includes: a rack part on which a plurality of termination units arranged along an up-down direction are located; an optical fiber housing part which has a back plate and in which an extra length wiring part in a plurality of optical fiber bundles connected to each of the plurality of termination units is housed; and a plurality of first dividing bodies for dividing locations of the optical fiber bundles in the optical fiber housing part, the plurality of first dividing bodies being attached to the back plate so as to be arranged along the up-down direction in the optical fiber housing part. The first dividing body has a holding part for holding the corresponding optical fiber bundle, and the holding part of the first dividing body provided lower in the up-down direction is positioned to be separated from the back plate.