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Cable containing fiber ribbons with optimized frictional properties

US5561730A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 1995
Grant dateOct 1, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4408
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a ribbon type fiber optic cable there is disposed a stack of fiber optic ribbons, each composed of a set of individually coated optical fibers in a planar relationship to one another with the set of coated optical fibers also coated by a common coating of ultraviolet light cured material. The coefficient of friction between adjacent ribbons in a stack is equal to or less than 0.70.

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