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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alfred L Hinson, II, Hickory, NC (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156248 ; 156247 ; 156344 ; 156584 ;
Abstract
A method and kit for stripping the resin skin (a synthetic material acting as a matrix encapsulating optical fibers within the optical fiber ribbon) from part of the length of an optical fiber ribbon, allowing access over that length to optical fibers in the ribbon, even while the optical fibers carry light signals. A strong liquid adhesive, such as cyanoacrylate, is used, with a special work panel made of one of either of three materials--neoprene or nitrile rubber, or a closed cell foam poly vinyl chloride (PVC) plastic--all of which promote rapid curing of the strong liquid adhesive.