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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);

Inventors:

Kelvin B Bradley, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Denis E Burek, Cumming, GA (US);

Xavier Chiron, Atlanta, GA (US);

Jimmy Joy, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Assignee:

OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/46 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); B65H 57/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/46 (2013.01); B65H 57/04 (2013.01); G02B 6/4466 (2013.01); B65H 2701/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tool device for installing an optical fiber inside a user premises includes a neck, a coupling joined to the neck for attachment to a leading end of an adhesive syringe or an extension pole, and a head joined to a leading portion of the neck. The head has a leading edge of a certain width, and a passageway for receiving an optical fiber and guiding the fiber to a position proximate to the leading edge. The width of the leading edge is such that when the edge is held transversely across a structural corner containing an adhesive bead, and an optical fiber is received in the passageway in the head and directed ahead of the leading edge, the edge embeds the fiber in the bead when the edge is swept along the corner with the optical fiber positioned between the edge and the adhesive bead.


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