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Multi-channel mechanical splicing device for fiber-optic cables

US6033124A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateOct 27, 1997
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/3885
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The device comprises a central spicing body serving to connect in situ two cable end plugs which fit into the splicing body. The central body has lower rails hollowed out therein and bears lateral shoulders for guiding and locking the end plugs constituted by a lower part and by an upper part fixed to one another by a press fit. The device has application in the in situ splicing of optical fibers.

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