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Apparatus for producing cable elements incorporating otpical fibers

US4309864A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1980
Grant dateJan 12, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4489
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A head for laying optical fibers in the grooves of a cylindrical support is fixed to a plate carrying fiber reserves by means of a coupling permitting rotation. The support is maintained at a temperature above ambient temperature up to the laying head.

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