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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masayoshi Yamano, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Suetsugu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ; G02B 6/00 ; G02B 6/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ; G02B 6/00 ; G02B 6/22 ;
Abstract
One or more optical fiber elements each constituted by a coated glass fiber are fed to an over-coating device and an over-coating is applied to the optical fiber elements in a lump, the feeding speed of the optical fiber elements to the over-coating device is made larger than the take-up speed of the over-coated optical fiber onto a take-up reel so as to give longitudinal compression strain to the glass fibers of the over-coated optical fiber. The glass fiber has compression strain of not less than 0.03% to less than 0. 10% in a longitudinal direction thereof at room temperature.