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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. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher K Eoll, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
Siecor Operations, LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242615 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for guiding a length of material such as optical fibers or optical fiber ribbons under tension in a fiber optic cable or ribbon manufacturing method. A first embodiment of the present invention requires that certain radii of curvature be maintained or exceeded for either the optical fiber or optical fiber ribbon. In a second embodiment of the present invention, the guide for the length of material is required to conform to a guiding surface.