Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Including means to provide a controlled environment
Patent
1996-02-14
1998-08-04
Bryant, David P.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Including means to provide a controlled environment
29800, 29282, 292835, 29517, B23P 2100
Patent
active
057875723
ABSTRACT:
A fibre optic bundle end is produced by placing the end in a ferrule (6) and the bundle (14) and ferrule (6) are supported in a furnace (22) for rotation about the ferrule axis. The ferrule (6) and the fibres (14) therein are heated and while still in the furnace (22) are radially compressed by compression members (2,4) so that the fibres become lightly packed, after which the protruding fibre ends are cut off and the cut surface (16) is polished. The compression is achieved by rotating the ferrule (6) and fibres (14) back and forth about the bundle axis while the compression members which are bars passed through the furnace (22) move together radially of the ferrule (6), the said members being mounted for reciprocation so as to allow the ferrule (6) to roll thereon as it rotates.
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patent: 3789485 (1974-02-01), Gudmestad
patent: 4567650 (1986-02-01), Balyasny et al.
patent: 5261020 (1993-11-01), de Jong et al.
Toms Christopher David
Willis Charles Henry
Bryant David P.
Schott Fibre Optics (UK) Limited
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