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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1986
Patrick Le Maitre, La Grange Saint Louis, FR;
Jean-Claude Resbeut, Saint Ouen L'Aumone, FR;
Les Cables de Lyon, , FR;
Abstract
A spreader head for an optical fiber cable, the cable (10) comprising a central grooved core (11) with each groove (12) receiving a bundle (13) of optical fibers, the spreader head being constituted by a support part (20) surrounded by a ring (21) having outwardly open recesses disposed around its periphery and each receiving a cylinder (30), with each cylinder having at least as many axial orifices as there are optical fibers to a single bundle of optical fibers, and with each axial orifice having an optical fiber passing therethrough being extended by a flexible tube (50) for surrounding and protecting the corresponding optical fiber.