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Longitudinal sealing device for an optical cable core

US4761051A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1987
Grant dateAug 2, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4428
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A longitudinal sealing device for the core of an optical cable formed by a bundle of optical fibers disposed in a tube, said device being placed at a location where the tube has been cut, and comprising: a block of plastic material molded over the optical fibers of the bundle and over the end of one of the tube portions referred to as the first portion; a sleeve threaded over the block of plastic material and fitted over the end of the other tube portion referred to as the second portion to which it is fixed; and a plug threaded over the first tube portion against the block of plastic material and fixed in sealed manner to said first tube portion, and fixed to the sleeve whose opening it closes.

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