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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Paul R Dickinson, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Daniel Hendrickson, Roswell, GA (US);
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcoss, GA (US);
Abstract
A communication line such as an optical fiber or cable is attached along a wall, ceiling, trim piece, or other selected surface on or inside of a building, by paying out the fiber from an applicator tool while the tool guides the fiber along the selected surface. The outer surface of the fiber is prepared so that the fiber will be in a temporarily tacky condition when the fiber is pressed onto the selected surface by the applicator tool. The fiber is pre-coated with an adhesive that is activated by a fluid supplied by the applicator tool. As the applicator tool presses the fiber onto the selected surface, the activated adhesive coating on the fiber quickly becomes non-tacky to attach the fiber firmly to the surface.