Societe Lignes Telegraphiques Et Telephoniques

Jean-Pierre Hulin

Michel De Vecchis

Bernard Chiron

Maurice Arnaud, Deceased

By Michel Arnaud, Heir

By Marie Avril Nee Arnaud, Heir

Gilles Dubois

Claude Gallachi

A transmission cable using optical fibre for conveying the information consists of fibres loosely laid in helical grooves of a core so that the fibre will undulate within the groove due to over-length given by pretwisting of the fibre and curvature of the groove flanks. Reduction of the contact surface between the fibre and the core improves the electrical characteristics and reduces the sensitivity of the cable to mechanical stress.

Cable elements comprising optical fibres and cables incorporating them

A head for laying optical fibres in a helically grooved cable core consists of a freely rotating mount assembly carrying fibre guides inclined on the axis of travel of the core with an angle smaller than 45.degree.. The fibre guides are elastic hollow tubes ended by a bevel maintained on the bottom of the associated groove. An optical control unit is provided for correct positioning of the mount when starting to lay.

Optical fibre laying head for cable production

Continuous machining of grooves in a cylindrical dielectric rod is achieved by guiding the rod into a heating machining head incorporating a rotating cutter made from a chemically etched stainless steel sheet and guiding the rod downstream of said head. A chip removing head made of a rotating unit comprising channels in which said chips are aspired by decompression effect of a gas is mechanically coupled with and upstream of the machining head.

Method of continuously machining supports for electromagnetic wave guides

An extrusion tool consisting of a stack of thin metal wafers in which apertures have been machined by chemical etching. Each wafer has one or several apertures. For simple profiles the wafers are identical. The apertures in adjacent wafers are angularly offset one with respect of the other for helical extrusion.

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