Elastomeric mold for optical fiber buffer

Details Elastomeric mold for optical fiber buffer Elastomeric mold for optical fiber buffer

1991-03-14

1992-04-21

Hoag, Willard

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

Shaping surface including means to release or remove product...

Removal-miscellaneous

249 83, 249 85, 249134, 425DIG44, B29C 3902, B29C 3910

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051062895

ABSTRACT:
A transparent elastomeric mold 30 capable of precisely reconstituting the buffer coating surrounding an optical fiber 54. The inventive elastomeric mold 30 is disposed to shape a buffer coating applied to an optical fiber in accordance with the dimensions of a master fiber 32. The mold 30 includes an elastomeric slab 38 for substantially confining the buffer coating within a channel 48 having a cross-sectional dimension substantially identical to that of the master fiber 32. The slab 38 includes an inner surface 50 which defines the channel 48 along a longitudinal axis L. The inventive mold 30 may also include an arrangement of arm members 34, 36 for flexing the elastomeric slab 38 in order to open the channel along the longitudinal axis L.

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