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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1999
Harry Staschewski, Langehnhagen, DE;
Klaus Porcher, Lehrte, DE;
Hans-Joachim Arntz, Langenhagen, DE;
Friedrich Harten, Hannover, DE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
In an apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber cable that includes a metal tube (,) in which at least one optical fiber (,) is arranged in a viscous plastic mass, which apparatus includes a device continuously forming a metal strip (,) into a slit tube, a welding device (,), and a charging tool with at least one tube (,) whose one end projects into the slit tube (,), whereby the tube introduces the optical fibers (,) into the metal tube (,), the one tube (,) has an indentation (,) on its surface facing the welding device (,), which is covered toward the top and thus forms a channel (,), and a coolant gas or protective gas is directed through this channel (,).