Polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer buffer tubes for optical fiber cables and method for making the same
US5574816A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4484
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A buffer tube for an optical fiber cable is made from a polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer resin having nucleating agents and filler materials disbursed therein. The nucleating agents and filler materials improve compression-tension resistance and thermal expansion properties of the polypropylene-polyethylene copolymer buffer tube.
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