Method of making a spool wound with optical fiber
AssigneeOptelecom, Inc.
InventorRonald H. Smith
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Abstract
A method of making a spool wound with optical fiber where the spool has at least one payout end and providing, at the payout end of the spool, a wear-away adhesive coating or foam rubber flange. Where payout of optical fiber is from both the outer and inner layers of the wound spool, the optical fiber payout dynamics are regulated at both ends of the spool of the fiber.
Claims4
A method of making a spool wound with optical fiber, the steps comprising winding optical fiber on a spool between hard flanges at respective ends of the spool, and thereafter replacing at least a portion of one of the hard flanges with a material which is easily worn away by action of the fiber paying out over the one flange.
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