Flexible fiber optical conduit and method of making
US4389089A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B37/14
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A flexible image-conducting bundle of optical fibers is produced by juxtapositioning and drawing a multiplicity of glass-clad glass fiber preforms and interstitial rods of leachable glass. The drawn assembly is cut to desired length and interstitial glasses are leached from the intermediate portion of the cut piece.
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