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Optical fiber cable having a hydrogen-absorbing zeolite

US4717236A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 8, 1985
Grant dateJan 5, 1988
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01B7/288
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Hydrogen evolution in an optical fibre is suppressed by the incorporation of a hydrogen absorbent material in a water blocking compound with which the cable is filled. Typically the absorbent material is a silver substituted zeolite.

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