Optical fibre cable with crush-resistant tube
US4915490A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD07B2201/2096
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A crush-resistant tube for a plastics packaged optical fibre (1, 2) is formed by helically stranding together five or more non-circular cross-section wires (3) which are created from circular cross-section wires during the stranding operation.
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