Gte Products Corporation

Arnold E Gee

Barry J Opdahl

Steven E Swanson

Jeffrey B Shank

Timmy D Troutman

In a pocket fiber optic cleaver having an elongated substantially cylindrical body arrayed along a longitudinal body axis, the body having, in longitudinal sequence, a fiber entry port, a cut-length adjusting section, a cleaving area, and a waste fiber exit port, and including a cylindrical bore, concentric with the longitudinal axis for receiving an optical fiber, the improvement wherein the cleaving area comprises: a cleaving pad in the form of a cylindrical section whose longitudinal axis is arrayed orthogonal to the body axis; a spring loaded pivot arm adjacent the cleaving pad, the arm carrying a fiber scoring member and having its pivot point adjacent the exit port, the fiber scoring member being adjacent the cut-length area; and a pressure pad surrounding the scoring member on three sides, the open side facing the cut-length section.

Pocket fiber optic cleaver

A splice casing assembly for splicing together lengths of fiber optic cable wherein respective ends of individual glass fibers are spliced together by a splicing member which is attached to an elongated support bar which has an end block fastened to either end thereof to which respective strength members are fastened by being guided around respective end blocks in an axial direction and tied in a knot. Respective knots are held in place by set screws which are axially threaded into respective end blocks. The entire assembly is enclosed in a tubular housing.

Splice casing assembly

An emergency fiber optic cable repair apparatus including a length of multi-fiber optical cable preterminated at both ends, the preterminated optical fibers at each end being spliced to respective splicing devices mounted upon a respective splice cradle positioned within a respective of two enclosures to each of which an end of a damaged fiber optic cable can be coupled so that the optical fibers at each end of such damaged cable can be spliced to a respective splice cradle.

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Williamsport, PA, United States of America

Arnold E Gee