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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Henry Platt Brown, Galashiels, GB;
John Tansey, Warrington, GB;
Assignee:
Emtelle UK Limited, Jedburgh, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/54 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/54 ;
Abstract
A method for installing a lightweight optical fiber unit, preferably less than approximately 10 g/m, into a tube, by pulling the optical fiber unit through the tube using a pulling member. The pulling member may be attached to the optical fiber unit by a braided sheath. Alternatively, the pulling member itself may be a braided tube.