Apparatus and method for inserting optical fibers into tubes

US9791656B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CCS Technology Corporation · US

Inventors

• Vincent Yves Marius Goleret · Berlin, DE
• Mustafa Keskin · Berlin, DE
• Wolf Peter Kluwe · Hagen, DE
• Jürgen Matthies · Wetter, DE
• Gordon Mueller-Schlomka · Berlin, DE
• Martin Schulte · Balve, DE
• Michael Wimmer · Bremen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 15, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 15, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/44515
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Apparatus for inserting optical fibers into furcation tubes comprises a plurality duct-like channels each configured to receive one of the furcation tubes in such a way that the furcation tube is insertable from a first side of the apparatus into the duct-like channel so that a long tube section of the furcation tube can be left protruding on the first side and a short tube section of the furcation tube can protrude on an opposite second side of the apparatus. Each duct-like channel is further configured so that a portion of the long tube section becomes spread apart along a longitudinal slot of the furcation tube, thereby allowing an optical fiber to be inserted into the short tube section and extended through the furcation tube before protruding from the longitudinal slot in the long tube section.