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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2004
Applicant:
Nathan Raz, Haifa, IL;
Inventor:
Nathan Raz, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Rafael-Armament Development Authority Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for winding an optical fiber of arbitrary diameter on a smooth conical bobbin. The apparatus includes a slotted helical ring () attachable to, or integrated with a bobbin, the ring used to guide a fiber () in its initial first turn in the winding. After the first turn, the winding of a base layer and subsequent layers is achieved without needing a grooved bobbin surface.