Gte Products Corporation

Timmy D Troutman

Barry J Opdahl

Robert W Barlow

David A Cooper

Jeffrey B Shank

Arnold E Gee

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

A splice cradle for use with fiber optic splices to hold such splices in place. Pairs of leaf springs are bowed towards each other to firmly engage a splice inserted therebetween.

Splice cradle

A fiber optic cleaving tool includes, as one half of a clamping member, an elongated cleaver base pad which has one end fixed to an anvil which is mounted adjacent a cutter blade. The base pad includes alignment means, which can be upraised walls, for removably receiving a fiber guide pad having a groove therein for accepting a specific size of optical fiber. To work with a different fiber size, only the fiber guide pad is replaced, and thus the necessary critical alignment of the fiber with the cutting blade is maintained.

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Jersey Shore, PA, United States of America

Timmy D Troutman