Apparatus for fabricating an optical fiber ribbon

Details Apparatus for fabricating an optical fiber ribbon Apparatus for fabricating an optical fiber ribbon

1990-10-01

1991-12-31

Ball, Michael W.

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor

Indefinite or running length flexible strand, rod, tube, or...

156441, 156179, 156510, 156522, 174117F, 385114, B32B 500, G02B 606

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ABSTRACT:
A group of loose cabled optical fibers (32--32) destined to be terminated by a multi-fiber connector device is first fabricated into an optical fiber ribbon (30). The optical fibers of the group are threaded through portions of an organizing shuttle (20) and brought into planar juxtaposition with each other by the cooperation of a curved surface (112) and a burnishing bar assembly (98). As the organizing shuttle is caused to be moved along a track (42), the burnishing bar assembly causes the planar array of fibers to be embedded into an adhesive coating of a first binding tape (34) which is secured along the length of the track. In a preferred embodiment, a second tape (35) is applied over the fibers and the first tape. The ribbon is trimmed of excess longitudinal side portions of the binding tapes to provide a ribbon of desired width.

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