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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:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johan Van Der Maaden, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29868 ; 295271 ; 29433 ; 2541 / ; 350 9623 ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an elongate article, in particular an optical cable which comprises a carrier member having channels or bores and is provided with elongate elements, for example, optical fibres, the elongate element being inserted into the end of a channel or bore and the carrier member being subjected to a periodic movement, the elements moving in the channel or bore under the influence of the movement and as a result of their mass inertia. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method and to elongate articles, for example, optical cables manufactured by means of the method.