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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2014
Fujikura Ltd., Koto-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Kaji, Sakura, JP;
Daiki Takeda, Sakura, JP;
Satoru Shiobara, Sakura, JP;
Masayoshi Yamanaka, Sakura, JP;
FUJIKURA LTD., Koto-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A former including: a guide pipe guiding an optical fiber bundle; a tape forming section forming a press-wrapping tape from a strip shape into a helical shape, while guiding the press-wrapping tape along a feed direction, the tape forming section including a curved section gradually curving the strip shaped press-wrapping tape while guiding the press-wrapping tape along the feed direction, and a helical section that is a helical tube shaped location further to a downstream side than a position where two edges of the curved section intersect with each other, the helical section causing two end portions of the press-wrapping tape that has been curved with the curved section to overlap and forming the press-wrapping tape into a helical shape, while guiding the press-wrapping tape along the feed direction, and gradually narrowing an external diameter of the helical shaped press-wrapping tape.