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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
George Edwin Mock, Duluth, GA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156584 ; 156344 ; 7107 ; 295641 ; 385135 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for accessing fibers in an optical fiber ribbon by separating the ribbon into first and second portions has a lower element having a slot therein for holding the ribbon, a coupling element to which the lower element is fixedly mounted, and a slotted upper element vertically and rotatably movable on the coupling element. The upper element can be raised to permit insertion of a fiber ribbon into the two slotted elements, after which it is lowered and twisted on the coupling element to separate the ribbon into two parts.