JP2001021731A - Optical coated fiber connecting part storing tray and storing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform storing work by increasing the number of optical coated fiber connecting parts to be stored and dispensing with 8-shaped bundling for the optical coated fiber, and eliminate the intersecting part of the optical coated fibers. SOLUTION: A guide wall 18 for guiding an optical coated fiber 12 like an ellipse is provided on the upper surface of a base plate 16, two guide projecting parts 20A, 20B are provided at a space in the direction of a major axis of the guide wall 18 in the guide wall 18, and a storing part 22 for an optical coated fiber connecting part 14 is provided between two guide projecting parts 20A, 20B. The storing part 22 of the optical coated fiber connecting part is demarcated by a stepped recessed part of the upper surface 16 of the base plate. One guide projecting part 20B is provided with a pressing piece 32 for an optical coated fiber connecting part 14, which is directed to the other guide projecting part 20A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tray for storing optical fiber connection parts and a method for storing optical fiber connection parts in the tray.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 shows a conventional optical fiber cable connecting portion storage tray. In the figure, 10 is a tray, 12 is an optical fiber core, and 14 is a connection part of the optical fiber core 12. 16 is a bottom plate of the tray 10, 18 is a guide wall for guiding the optical fiber core 12 formed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 16 in an oval shape, and 20A and 20B are two guide walls formed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 16 in the guide wall 18. A guide convex portion, 22 is a housing portion of the optical fiber core wire connecting portion 14 provided inside the linear portion of the guide wall 18, 24 is an introduction / derivation port of the optical fiber core wire 12, and 26 is a protrusion of the optical fiber core wire 12. It is a prevention piece.

[0006] When the optical fiber core connecting portion 14 is stored in such a tray 10, operations as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C are usually performed. First, one large loop is formed by the optical fiber core 12 including the connection part 14 as shown in FIG. 1A, and the optical fiber core 12 on one side of the connection part 14 is connected to the guide projections 20A and 20B.
And the optical fiber cores 12 on both sides are aligned in the same direction. Next, as shown in (b), the optical fiber core wire 12 is twisted into a figure-eight shape, and a plurality of loops are overlapped so as to be folded at the intersection (this is called a figure-eight bundle). Next, the bundle of eights is stored inside the guide wall 18 of the tray 10 as shown in FIG.
Store in 22.

[0004]

However, the conventional optical fiber cable connection section storage tray has the following problems. Since the storage portion of the optical fiber connection portion is provided inside the linear portion of the guide wall, the number of connection portions that can be stored is limited, and the storage number of optical fiber cores is increased (high-density storage). Is difficult. It is difficult to perform the figure eight bundle of the optical fiber core without twisting the optical fiber core, so that the storing operation requires skill and time. Since the crossing portion (portion K in FIG. 6) of the optical fiber cores is formed in the housed state, not only the storage space in the thickness direction is taken, but also side pressure may be applied to the optical fiber cores.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber cable connecting portion storage tray which solves the above problems and a method for storing the optical fiber cable connecting portion in the tray.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An optical fiber cable connecting portion storage tray according to the present invention has a guide wall on an upper surface of a bottom plate for guiding an optical fiber cable in an oblong shape, and the guide wall is provided in the guide wall. Two guide protrusions are provided at an interval in the longitudinal direction of the wall, and a housing portion for the optical fiber cable connecting portion is provided between the two guide protrusions. .

Further, according to the method of storing the optical fiber core connecting portion in the tray according to the present invention, two optical fiber cores on both sides of the optical fiber core connecting portion are aligned and wound in a loop in one direction. The fiber core connection part is stored in the optical fiber connection part storage part of the tray, and the loop of the optical fiber core is stored inside the guide wall of the tray.

The tray according to the present invention is preferably configured such that at least one of the guide protrusions is provided with a pressing piece of the optical fiber cable connecting portion toward the other guide protrusion. Further, it is preferable that the tray according to the present invention has a configuration in which the storage portion of the optical fiber core connection portion is partitioned by a recess having a step on the upper surface of the bottom plate.

In the method for storing an optical fiber core connection part according to the present invention, the optical fiber core connection part is inclined with respect to the major axis direction of the guide wall, and the optical fiber core near the connection part. Is preferably oriented in the direction in which the loop of the optical fiber is wound.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 (a) to 1 (c) show an embodiment of an optical fiber core connection section storage tray according to the present invention. 1, the same or corresponding parts as those of the conventional tray shown in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals as those in FIG. Although a duplicate description is omitted, the point that this tray 30 is significantly different from the conventional one is that two guide projections 20A and 20B are provided in the guide wall 18 at a large interval in the longitudinal direction of the guide wall 18. And these two guide projections 20A,
Storage section 22 for storing optical fiber connection section 14 between 20B
Is provided.

[0011] The optical fiber core connection section storage section 22 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the upper surface of the bottom plate 16 is defined by a stepped recess. By providing such a recess, it is possible to provide an indication of an appropriate storage position of the optical fiber core connection part 14 and to regulate the moving range of the optical fiber core connection part 14. At the upper end of one of the guide protrusions 20B, there is formed a holding piece 32 for holding down the optical fiber cable connecting portion 14 toward the other guide protrusion 20A. The pressing piece 32 is for more reliably restricting the movement of the optical fiber core connecting portion 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the optical fiber core connecting part storage part 22 has a size that can accommodate several optical fiber core connecting parts 14 collectively.

FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) show a method of storing the optical fiber connection portion in the tray 20 of FIG. In this method, first, as shown in FIG. 3A, one small loop is formed by the connecting portion 14 and the optical fiber cores 12 in the vicinity thereof, and the optical fiber cores 12 on both sides of the connecting portion 14 are aligned in the same direction. Next, the two aligned optical fiber cores 12 are wound in a loop shape in one direction and bundled so that the vicinity of the connection portion 14 becomes S-shaped inside.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2B, the connecting portion 14 is stored in the optical fiber connecting portion storing portion 22 of the tray 30, and the loop of the optical fiber core 12 is stored inside the guide wall 18 of the tray 30.

In this way, the optical fiber cores 12 can be easily bundled without twisting and stored in the tray 30 without having to figure eight as in the conventional case. The optical fiber core connecting part 14 is stored in the storage part 22 so as to be oblique to the long axis direction of the guide wall 18, and the optical fiber core 12 near the connecting part 14 is connected to the optical fiber core 12.
The optical fiber core 12 is not forcibly bent because the optical fiber core 12 is accommodated in the winding direction of the loop. Also, as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG.
Since 14 can be stored together and the intersection of the optical fiber cores 12 cannot be formed, it is possible to increase the number of storages (high-density storage) with the same tray size as compared with the conventional case.

In the above embodiment, the two guide projections 20A and 20B are formed in a fan shape so that the main portions of the fan shape face each other, as shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. This is for stabilizing the storage state when the optical fiber core connection section 14 is stored.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. By providing the storage portion of the optical fiber connection portion between the two guide protrusions in the guide wall, the connection portion and the optical fiber core loop overlap even if the number of storage portions of the connection portion is increased. Therefore, the number of storage units of the connection unit can be increased, and high-density storage is possible. Since the optical fiber can be easily bundled without winding by twisting the optical fiber in one direction, it is not necessary to perform the complicated figure-eight bundle, and the storing operation can be performed simply and efficiently. Since the intersection of the optical fiber cores cannot be made in the stored state, not only this surface enables high-density storage, but also
The possibility that lateral pressure is applied to the optical fiber is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B show an embodiment of an optical fiber core wire connection portion storage tray according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along line CC.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams showing a method of storing an optical fiber core connection portion in the tray of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which a number of optical fiber cable connecting portions are housed in the tray of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which a number of optical fiber cable connecting portions are housed in the tray of FIG. 1 in a direction opposite to that of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a conventional optical fiber cable connector storage tray.

6 (a) to 6 (c) are explanatory views showing a method of storing the optical fiber cable connecting portion in the tray of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 12: Optical fiber core wire 14: Connection part 16: Bottom plate 18: Guide wall 20A, 20B: Guide convex part 22: Storage part of optical fiber core wire connection part 14 26: Protrusion prevention piece of optical fiber core wire 12 30: Book Inventive tray 32: Connection part holding piece

Claims (5)

[Claims] An optical fiber core is guided on an upper surface of a bottom plate to guide the optical fiber in an oblong shape, and two guide projections are provided in the guide wall at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the guide wall. An optical fiber core connection part storage tray, wherein a storage part for an optical fiber core connection part is provided between the two guide projections. 2. The optical fiber core connection according to claim 1, wherein a pressing piece of the optical fiber core connection portion is formed on at least one of the guide convex portions toward the other guide convex portion. Department storage tray. 3. The optical fiber core connection part storage tray according to claim 1, wherein the storage part of the optical fiber core connection part is defined by a stepped recess on the upper surface of the bottom plate. 4. The tray according to claim 1, wherein two optical fiber cores on both sides of the optical fiber core connection part are aligned and wound in a loop in one direction. And stored in the optical fiber connection section storage section.
A method for accommodating an optical fiber core connection portion to a tray, wherein the loop of the optical fiber core is accommodated inside a guide wall of the tray. 5. The optical fiber core connection part is inclined with respect to the major axis direction of the guide wall, and the optical fiber core near the connection part is oriented in the winding direction of the optical fiber core loop. 5. The storage method according to claim 4, wherein the storage method is performed.