METHOD FOR STORING OPTICAL FIBER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store and draw many optical fibers out without any interference with other optical fibers by inserting a loop holding means into respective winding parts of looped optical fibers. SOLUTION: A storage part 3 has a drawing-out part 3a for guiding a ribbon 10 of fibers out and a recessed part 3b where an optical connector 10a fitted atop of the ribbon 10 of fibers is disposed. A partition plate 4 is a hard material which has a through hole 4a in the center of its plate surface and many partition plates 4 are arranged between a couple of side plates 2b and 2b of a storage tray 2. The partition plates 4 are arrayed at specific intervals in parallel to the side plates 2b and fixed to a bottom plate 2a. Between respective partition plates 4, loop parts 10b of ribbons 10 of fibers shrink and expand as the ribbons 10 of fibers are taken in and out. Then a shaft 5 holds the loop parts 10b and is inserted into the through holes 4a of the respective partition plates 4 through the support holes 2c and 2c of the side plates 2b and 2b of the storage tray 2 and both the end parts are fixed to the side plates 2b and 2b with screws.