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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Brandon Andrew Barnes, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Joshua Douglas Raker, Lewisville, TX (US);
Kevin Lee Strause, Keller, TX (US);
Assignee:
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/24 (2006.01); G02B 6/245 (2006.01); B23P 19/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/245 (2013.01); G02B 6/25 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49821 (2015.01); Y10T 29/5103 (2015.01); Y10T 83/0467 (2015.04); Y10T 83/9292 (2015.04); Y10T 225/218 (2015.04);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for stripping tight-buffered optical fibers are disclosed. The apparatus is configured to perform one or more of the functions of stripping a tight buffer layer, removing a coating layer, and cleaving the fiber, in a single motion.