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Method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical ribbon conductor

US5928712A · kind A · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Siegfried Unterberger · Coburg, DE
Karl Eidling · Wolfratshausen, DE
Gerd Kohler · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 11, 1997
Grant date	Jul 27, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 11, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/448
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for forming a waveguide conductor ribbon by passing several light waveguides through a through-opening so that as the waveguides are passed through the opening, they are coated by a liquid coating material, which creates a drag force current for moving the waveguides through the opening. The diameter of the light waveguides and/or the position of the light waveguides inside the ribbon conductor is determined and the width of the through-opening of the coating apparatus is modified on the basis of the measured diameter value and/or on the basis of the size of any gap between the fibers to optimize the amount of drag current forces being produced.

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