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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:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jacques Caudrelier, Villorceau, FR;
Assignee:
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385147 ;
Abstract
A process for cleaning and in particular degreasing optical fibers (6) emerging from the stripped end of the sheath of a cable (5), surrounding in particular a plurality of such fibers protected by a material based on grease or the like. According to the invention, this process consists in utilizing a liquid solvent (13) applied to the external surface of the fiber in the form of a foam, composed of a mixture of solvent and air, increasing the contact surface of the fiber and the solvent. The subject of the invention is also an apparatus for carrying out this process.