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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1977
Jerzy A Olszewski, Edison, NJ (US);
Arnab Sarkar, Piscataway, NJ (US);
General Cable Corporation, Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
The application of low loss optical fibers in optical communication systems requires that the glass fibers are suitably packaged into a cable. This invention provides a system of multiple optical fibers between two tapes or films, one of which holds the fibers on the film by pressure-sensitive adhesive and in spaced relation to one another. The fibers are covered by a second film, preferably thinner than the first film, and secured to the first film along the edges of the films to provide a laminated structure suitable for cabling. Spacers between the films eliminate asymmetric pressure of the covering film against the optical fibers which are nearest to the edges of the films; and the spacers are preferably strength members for stiffening the laminate.