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Storage arrangements for optical fiber connections

CA 1290177 C · Owner: Thornhill, Royston · Inventors: Thornhill, Royston; Noon, Laurence

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Abstract of the Disclosure, Storage arrangement for optical fiber connections in which a storage enclosure for storage trays has tray storage mounts and a tray securing means is resiliently flexibly operable to allow for insertion and removal of trays. Particularly, ends of trays have two arms of a bifurcated structure, the arms being resiliently flexible towards one another. A tray mount is a slot which accommodates two arms at one end of a tray and a locking pin holds the arms apart in the assembled position. - i -

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  • Granted October 8, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 8, 2008.
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FiledNovember 23, 1987
GrantedOctober 8, 1991
Term endedOctober 8, 2008
Patent numberCA 1290177 C
Classification (IPC)G02B6/44

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedNov 23, 1987Patent grantedOct 8, 1991Term endedOct 8, 2008

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