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US 4,947,549 AGranted
Fiber access tool
AssigneeSiecor Corporation
InventorsMichael Genovese, Hani Nassar, Terry Morgan
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Abstract
A tool for slicing the gel filled buffer tube of a loose tube optical fiber construction including a set of blocks having a passage therein through which the buffer tube may be pulled, and a blade extending into the passage which lies within a plane containing the central axis of the passage. The tool may have a second blade oppositely directed from the first blade but spaced apart from the first blade in the longitudinal direction. Both blades may form an acute angle with respect to the passage exit.
Claims11
A tube slitting tool, comprising:
- (a) first and second blocks each having a groove in a face thereof;
- (b) securing means for mounting said blocks to each other in a closed position, the grooves forming a passage through which a tube is passable in the closed position;
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- (c) first and second spaced apart blades mounted on the blocks so as to extend into the interior of the passage at an angle of 180 degrees with respect to each other in a common plane containing the longitudinal axis of the passage, said first and second blades not diametrically opposed by any blade, said first and second blades being on opposite sides of a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the passage, when the blocks are in the closed position.
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A tube slitting tool, comprising:
- (a) first and second block sections mounted to each other holding a first blade therebetween, and third and fourth block sections mounted to each other holding a second blade therebetween;
- each said blade extending through a groove formed by the block sections holding the blade;
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- (b) securing means for mounting said blocks to each other in a closed position, in which position
- (i) the grooves form a passage for confining a tube;
- (ii) said blades are spaced apart from each other and extend into the passage at an angle 180 degrees apart from each other in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the passage, said first and second blades being on opposite sides of a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the passage, and
- (iii) each said blade is not diametrically opposed by any blade in the passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.