Optical fiber interconnection apparatus and methods of making in

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1992-08-28

1993-11-02

Healy, Brian

Optical waveguides

With disengagable mechanical connector

Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure

385 14, 385 49, 385 51, 385 52, 385 89, 385 90, 385 91, 385147, 174259, 156 60, 156158, 29846, 29850, G02B 612, B31B 160, H01K 310

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ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for routing optical fiber comprises an elongated manipulator (20, FIG. 2) having a vertical axis which can be controlled to move in an X-Y plane and in the .theta. direction around its vertical axis. A rotatable wheel (21) is mounted on a free end of the manipulator, and a reel (19) containing optical fiber (17) is mounted on one side of the manipulator. The fiber is threaded over a peripheral portion of the wheel and the wheel presses the fiber against an adhesive-coated surface of a substrate (18) to cause it to adhere to the coated surface. The manipulator is then moved in a direction parallel to the flat surface at an appropriate speed and direction to cause the wheel to rotate and to exert tension on the optical fiber. The tension causes additional optical fiber to unwind from the reel and to be fed to the wheel for adherence to the coated surface, thereby to form a continuous optical fiber portion extending along, and adhered to, the coated surface.

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