Propellable optical fiber cables
US4930860A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4438
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fibre cable comprises a plurality of optical fibre structures each of which comprises an optical fibre surrounded by at least one sheath layer. The optical fibre structures are separably held together side-by-side. The optical fibre cable is propellable along a tubular pathway by fluid drag of a gaseous medium passing over the cable, and each of the individual optical fibre structures is preferably also so propellable when the said structures are separated from one another.
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