Optical fibre cable incorporating a stack of fibre ribbon elements
US5369720A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 1993 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4427
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an optical fibre cable, the transmission package comprises a stack (11) of ribbon fibre elements (110) secured within a metal tube (12) by an adhesive (13). The adhesive has a peel strength sufficiently low to permit separation of the individual ribbon from the stack, e.g. to effect jointing operations. Advantageously the adhesive is foamed by injection of a gas during cable manufacture.
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