Method of and apparatus for securing elongate members of generally cylindrical form in end-to-end relationship
US4789217A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 5, 1987 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3652
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for securing enlongatge members of generally cylindrical form in end-to-end relationship, particularly for forming an optic fiber splice. Optic fibers are spliced by pressing a form, preferably an optic fiber of the same diameter as those to be spliced, into a deformable body to create a groove for receiving the ends of the optic fibers in close alignment. To secure the optic fibers, an index matching adhesive is cured by UV irradiation through a glass cover plate bonded to the deformable body.
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