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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Samuel Don Navé, Newton, NC (US);
Inventor:
Samuel Don Navé, Newton, NC (US);
Assignee:
CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4432 (2013.01); G02B 6/4495 (2013.01);
Abstract
Buffered optical fibers are formed by extruding discontinuities in the buffer layer. The discontinuities allow the buffer layer to be torn to provide access to the buffered optical fiber. The discontinuities can be longitudinally extending strips of material in the buffer layer, and can be introduced into the extrudate material flow used to form the first section of the buffer layer in the extrusion head.