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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. 23, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
George W LeCompte, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242128 ; 242-1 ; 242 47 ; 242 / ; 226 97 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber (24) is removed from a wound pack (26) by applying an annular stream of pressurized air or other fluid against one or more filament loops previously taken from the pack. The annular stream is produced by passing pressurized air from a source (33) along a conduit (32) having a diverging tapered portion (35) within which a tapered plug (36) is located in spaced relation forming an annular nozzle (37). Filament (24) removed from the pack (26) is stacked on a tapered catcher (38).