Method of winding optical cable on aerial wire
AssigneeFurukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkitoshi Ikeda, Chitoshi Nishimura, Norio Katsuoka, Masami Obara
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Abstract
A method of winding an optical cable on an aerial wire which comprises a bobbin winding the optical cable while imparting a twist reverse to the twist given to the optical cable when the cable is wound on the wire and the step of feeding the optical cable from said bobbin while rotating said bobbin around the aerial wire to wind the cable on the wire. The twist of the optical cable is once at every 30 to 40 cm of the length of the optical cable. Thus, the cable is wound on the wire by reducing the twist imparted to the cable to zero or at least small value.
Claims7
A method of winding an optical cable on an aerial wire, comprising the steps of:
- providing an optical cable wound on a spool, the optical cable having a preset twist in one direction;
- providing a means for winding the optical cable on the aerial wire;
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- winding the optical cable on the aerial wire in a direction opposite to the direction of the preset twist of the optical cable, whereby the preset twist opposes the twist induced by the winding of the optical cable on the aerial wire so that twisting stress on the optical cable is minimized.
A method of winding an optical cable on an aerial wire comprising the steps of:
- providing an optical cable and a spool;
- winding the optical cable on the spool;
- imparting a twist to the optical cable during said winding step so that the optical cable has a preset twist after it is wound on the spool;
- providing a means for winding the optical cable on the aerial wire;
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- winding the optical cable on the aerial wire in a direction opposite to the direction of the preset twist of the optical cable, whereby the preset twist opposes the twist induced by the winding of the optical cable on the aerial wire so that twisting stress on the optical cable is minimized.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.