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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:
Nov. 11, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
John C Crownshaw, Sawbridgeworth, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264230 ; 2643 / ; 264516 ; 264570 ; 264D / ;
Abstract
In a submarine cable optical fibre regenerator housing a copper tail pipe (optionally with a brass end section incorporating an anti-extrusion profile for fitting inside a gland) is provided with a tight fitting length of thermoplastics sleeving by collapsing a thermoplastics preform down onto the tail pipe using heat and air pressure applied to the outside of an elastomeric tube into which the tail pipe and preform have been inserted.