Flame retardant UV cured buffered optical fibers and buffer composition
US7221841B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2004 |
| Grant date | May 22, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03C25/1065
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An optical fiber comprising a flame retardant UV light-curable tight-buffer coating coated onto the fiber, wherein said tight-buffer coating is substantially halogen-free, and has a limiting oxygen index of at least about 22%, and wherein said tight-buffer coating is removable from said fiber with a strip-force of less than about 1800 grams when the fiber is upjacketed with said coating at a line speed of at least 300 m/min.
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