Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Wound storage package – Housing or outer peripheral support
Patent
1991-05-09
1992-03-31
Gilreath, Stanley N.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Wound storage package
Housing or outer peripheral support
242128, 242130, 242146, 242159, 242172, B65H 5500, B65H 4902
Patent
active
051000784
ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic bundle is wound for inside payout and is provided with a housing, with flanges, which maintains compressive force on the windings, and the payout of optical fiber is controlled by a substantially cylindrical mandrel placed in the interior of the inside payout spool. The mandrel supports a small-diameter tube through which the optical fiber pays and places drag on the optical fiber. The drag placed on the optical fiber passing through the small-diameter tube may be increased by slightly bending the tube. The combination of mandrel and small-diameter tube combine to hold the fiber coils in place and supply a certain amount of payout tension on the optical fiber.
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Gilreath Stanley N.
Optelecom, Inc.
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