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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward L Lewis, Maidstone, GB;
Jan R Syska, Cannock, GB;
Assignee:
Elliott Brothers (London) Limited, Chelmsford, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B32B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 86 ; 156 85 ; 350 9621 ; 350 9622 ;
Abstract
A method of terminating an optical fibre cable wherein an annular deformable member is compressed inwardly onto a cable threaded through it by causing an encircing cincture exhibiting `memory` properties to try to return to a remembered shape and size. The annular member includes a plurality of portions which are held apart by spacer material to define a passageway through which the cable is threaded, the spacer material being subsequently caused to deform e.g. by heating, so that under the force exerted by the cincture said portions are urged inwardly and grip the cable.