Mounting apparatus for equipment enclosures having cable bend radius control and channel for retaining cable

Abstract From the Canadian patent

There is provided an adapter for mounting electronic equipment such as, telecommunications switching equipment to a rack. The adapter is configured , to comply with industry standards, such as the Electronic Industries Association standards, that, prescribe how electronic equipment should be mounted and installed. The adapter also, protects and guides fiber optic cables connecting a communications network to electronic, circuitry units which form part of the electronic equipment. In compliance with Bellcore, standards, the adapter provides means for bend radius control which ensures that the fiber, optic cable does not have a bend radius of less than one inch as it is dressed between …