Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for storing and organizing spliced optical fibers

US5375185A · kind A · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Keptel, Inc. · US

Inventors

Eric J. Hermsen · Howell, US
George R. Steenton · Fort Worth, US
Pina Schneider · Matawan, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 1993
Grant date	Dec 20, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4454
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for storing and organizing spliced optical fibers into one of a plurality of in-line and butt splicing configurations and for imparting sufficiently large curvature to the curved portions of such optical fibers present during storing and organizing to prevent damage to the optical fibers, and a cover for such optical fibers upon being stored and organized.

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