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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Afl Telecommunications Llc, Duncan, SC (US);
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Matsuhiro Miyamoto, Chiba, JP;
John J. D'Urso, Shrewbury, MA (US);
Takuya Fujimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masateru Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for producing metal-coated optical fiber involves feeding a length of glass fiber through a first solution bath so as to plate a first predetermined metal on the glass fiber via electroless deposition. The length of glass fiber is passed continuously from the first solution bath to a second solution bath adapted to plate thereon a second predetermined metal via electrolytic plating such that the optical fiber contacts an electrode only after at least some of the second predetermined metal has been applied. The length of glass fiber may be passed continuously from the second solution bath to a third solution bath adapted to plate thereon a third predetermined metal via electrolytic plating.