Method for manufacturing an optical cable

US4985185A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Ernst Mayr · Starnberg, DE
• Ulrich Oestreich · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 1989
• Grant date: Jan 15, 1991
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4491
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for manufacturing an optical cable includes simultaneously introducing a light waveguide and filling material into a chamber of a central element with the waveguide having an excess length. Preferably, the central element is moved axially and rotated on the axis and the light waveguide and filling material are passed through a tube which is inserted in the chamber as the central element is moved relative thereto.