A telecommunications closure (1) includes a pressure clamp (21) for sealingly clamping mating parts (47, 48) of the closure together so as to form a water tight seal. The clamp member requires no tools during installation and creates no uncertainty as to the generation of appropriate clamp pressure on a sealing O-ring when installed. The pressure clamp includes an over-center latch which is rotatable between a first unlatched position and a second latched position, a clamping pressure generated by the latch increasing to a maximum value as the rotatable latch is moved from its first position to an intermediate position between the first and second positions and then decreases from this maximum value as the latch is moved from the intermediate position to the second position so as to generate a predetermined appropriate clamping pressure when in its second position so as to appropriately compress the O-ring disposed within a groove between the closure parts at their mating area.

A fiber distribution terminal system includes a below ground vault, and a terminal enclosure within the vault. The system also includes a lift system in the vault, the lift system including a screw drive and a track system. Rotation of the screw drive lifts the terminal enclosure from a below ground to a lifted position, and the track system guides the terminal enclosure as the enclosure is lifted. The system also includes a tool such as a cordless drill to drive the screw drive. The screw drive can include a ball screw and a ball nut. The system can include a bracket to couple the terminal enclosure to the screw drive and the track system. The track system can include two sets of tracks, a first set of tracks that is fixed in the vault, and a second set of tracks that is coupled to the first set of tracks.

An attaching arrangement for attaching, to a communications apparatus container box, an optical cable case which includes a case body for accommodating an optical cable and a case end portion attached to the case body. The attaching arrangement includes: a first rotary hinge having a first rotary hinge axis for rotatably attaching the case end portion to the container box around the first rotary hinge axis; and a second rotary hinge having a second rotary hinge axis perpendicular to the first rotary hinge axis for rotatably attaching the case end portion to the container box around the second rotary hinge axis. In a preferred implementation, the attaching arrangement further includes: a slide rail slidably attached to an inner surface of the container box along a direction parallel to the second rotary hinge axis so that the slide rail is slidable from an inside of the container box to an outside of the container box and from the outside of the container box to the inside of the container box. The first and second rotary hinges rotatably attach the case end portion to a forward end of the slide rail in an advancing direction in which the slide rail moves from the inside of the container box to the outside of the container box.

A service protection enclosure (SPE) for a cellular telephone or other wireless telecommunications transceiver site is disclosed. The site has at least one antenna (3) which transceives communication signals, radio equipment for receiving and sending radio signals from and to the antenna, transmission means (37, 39) for connecting the radio equipment and the antenna so as to carry the signals therebetween, AC power service lines (47) for providing power to the site, and telephone lines (48, and/or 115) for connecting the site with a telephone or other communication network. The services protection enclosure comprises a cabinet (35) adapted to be secured to a suitable foundation (29), the cabinet having side walls (55, 57), a top (53), and at least one door (61 or 63) providing access to the interior of the cabinet. The cabinet houses an AC power distribution panel (101) and receives the AC service lines (47), the telephone lines (48), and the RF transmission means (37, 39). The interior of the cabinet has a plurality of separate compartments (73, 75, 77) therewithin including a first compartment (75) housing means for receiving the AC power service lines, a second compartment (77) for housing means (91) for terminating the radio equipment transmission means, and a third compartment (73) for housing means (114) for terminating the telephone lines within the cabinet (35). The service protection enclosure further has a single point grounding system (SPG) for grounding all components, services, and terminations within the service protection enclosure and within the radio equipment cabinet (31) to common ground potential (43).

A fiber storage system includes one or more splice holder assemblies and one or more fiber routing devices. The splice holder assembly has a sleeve in the shape of a closed figure having a plurality of substantially flat sides or a ring. The sleeve has a plurality of holes on its sides. At least one splice holder is mounted on the side walls of the sleeve, near one or more of the holes. The fiber routing device includes a sleeve in the shape of a closed figure having a plurality of substantially flat sides or a ring, and a plurality of troughs attached to an outer surface of the top portion of the sleeve. The splice holder assemblies may be stacked on top of each other, or on top of the fiber routing devices. The fiber routing devices may be stacked on top of each other, or on top of the splice holder assemblies. The stack of splice holder assemblies and fiber routing devices form a pedestal for routing and terminating optical fibers. The fibers can be routed outside of the pedestal between splice holders at different levels, and between splice holders on different sides of the pedestal.