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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. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroaki Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Imaizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Hogari, Ibaraki, JP;
Osamu Kawata, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignees:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 45 ; 226-7 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber path joint member according to the present invention includes a main path having an inlet and an outlet at respective ends thereof; and at least one joint path joining to the main path in one direction at an angle of equal to or less than 45.degree.. A method of blowing an optical fiber is comprised of the step of blowing an optical fiber into a pipe through the optical fiber path joint member according to the present invention.