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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:
Jun. 09, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond J Slaughter, Chiselhurst, GB;
Assignee:
BICC Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9623 ;
Abstract
An optical cable comprises a plurality of separately formed flexible tubes in at least one of which is loosely housed at least one flexible tape which, viewed in transverse cross-section, is corrugated so that it has a plurality of troughs extending along its length, at least two optical bundles and/or separate optical fibres being secured in some of the troughs. An outer protective sheath surrounds the plurality of tubes and at least one elongate reinforcing member is embedded in or surrounded by the sheath.