Timmy D. Troutman - Jersey Shore PA Barry J. Opdahl - Williamsport PA Arnold E. Gee - Williamsport PA
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation - Stamford CT
International Classification:
G02B 636
US Classification:
350 9620
Abstract:
A splice casing assembly for splicing together lengths of fiber optic cable wherein respective ends of individual glass fibers are spliced together by a splicing member which is attached to an elongated support bar which has an end block fastened to either end thereof to which respective strength members are fastened by being guided around respective end blocks in an axial direction and tied in a knot. Respective knots are held in place by set screws which are axially threaded into respective end blocks. The entire assembly is enclosed in a tubular housing.
Arnold E. Gee - Williamsport PA Jeffrey B. Shank - Williamsport PA
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation - Stamford CT
International Classification:
C03B 3716
US Classification:
225 96
Abstract:
In a pocket fiber optic cleaver having an elongated substantially cylindrical body arrayed along a longitudinal body axis, the body having, in longitudinal sequence, a fiber entry port, a cut-length adjusting section, a cleaving area, and a waste fiber exit port, and including a cylindrical bore, concentric with the longitudinal axis for receiving an optical fiber, the improvement wherein the cleaving area comprises: a cleaving pad in the form of a cylindrical section whose longitudinal axis is arrayed orthogonal to the body axis; a spring loaded pivot arm adjacent the cleaving pad, the arm carrying a fiber scoring member and having its pivot point adjacent the exit port, the fiber scoring member being adjacent the cut-length area; and a pressure pad surrounding the scoring member on three sides, the open side facing the cut-length section.
Steven E. Swanson - Williamsport PA Arnold E. Gee - Williamsport PA
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation - Stamford CT
International Classification:
G02B 640
US Classification:
350 9622
Abstract:
An emergency fiber optic cable repair apparatus including a length of multi-fiber optical cable preterminated at both ends, the preterminated optical fibers at each end being spliced to respective splicing devices mounted upon a respective splice cradle positioned within a respective of two enclosures to each of which an end of a damaged fiber optic cable can be coupled so that the optical fibers at each end of such damaged cable can be spliced to a respective splice cradle.