Method and apparatus for sucking an optical fiber

Details Method and apparatus for sucking an optical fiber Method and apparatus for sucking an optical fiber

1993-09-09

1995-12-05

Stodola, Daniel P.

Advancing material of indeterminate length

By fluid current

And web storage

57261, 57279, 57350, B65H 2000

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054721288

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for sucking a free end of an optical fiber includes a sucking nozzle. The sucking nozzle is positioned downstream of a capstan wheel around which the optical fiber is wound. The opening of the sucking nozzle is positioned within a range of movement of a path line of the free end of the optical fiber. The path line of the end of the optical fiber moves in accordance with the speed of travel of the optical fiber. The sucking nozzle is positioned perpendicular to a plane defined by the path line of movement of the end of the optical fiber and transverse to an axis of the capstan. Thus, the sucking nozzle is positioned to reliably suck a free end of the optical fiber for a broad range of speeds of the optical fiber.

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