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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. 29, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
France Telecom, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
225 965 ; 225101 ; 225102 ;
Abstract
An apparatus cuts one or several optical fibers obliquely. The cutting edge (6) creates the beginning of a break on the fiber that has first been subjected to a torsion and to a tension. The fiber is immobilized upstream of the cutting point. Then, the fiber is tightened downstream from the cutting point. Next, a tension is exerted on the part of the fiber or fibers located between the application of the tightening (3,4). The tightening also involves an exertion of a torsion force upon the optical fiber.