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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:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Suemori, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiko Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ; H01B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4271632 ; 156 48 ; 385103 ; 385110 ; 385113 ; 427185 ; 427194 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for stranding tape-shaped optical fibers of the present invention strands a plurality of tape-shaped optical fibers each of which is constituted by a plurality of optical fibers arranged into a tape-shaped unit, wherein powder is applied onto at least one surface of each of said tape-shaped optical fibers in pathlines between supplying devices for supplying said tape-shaped optical fibers and a stranding die of said tape-shaped optical fibers.