Tube slitting tool for accessing optical fibers in a buffer tube
US5443536A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4431
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tube slitting tool for cutting a buffer tube and allowing access to one or more individual optical fibers or ribbons containing optical fibers encased therein, includes a first holder and a second holder in slidable contact with one another, each holder having a channel which when said holders engage forms a passageway therebetween to receive the buffer tube. Cutting blades are mounted to the holders and extend into the passageway such that when the fully-engaged tube slitting tool moves relative to the buffer tube, the tube is cut longitudinally, facilitating access to the optical fibers or the ribbons within the buffer tube.
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