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US 5,212,756 AGranted
Fiber optic ribbon cable including flexible web
AssigneeSiecor Corporation
InventorChristopher K. Eoll
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Abstract
An optical fiber ribbon composite, each ribbon joined to adjacent ribbon by a flexible web member, the web member having sufficient length so that the optical fiber ribbons can be moved to positions where the plane delimited by the optical fibers of any given ribbon is spaced apart from, but generally parallel with the plane(s) delimited by the optical fibers of the other ribbons of the composite. One or more of the composites is used as a component of a fiber optic cable.
Claims14
A fiber optic cable component comprising:
- (a) first and second optical fiber ribbons in which each ribbon contains a plurality of optical fibers and each optical fiber is circumscribed by a coating, said optical fibers disposed in a single plane in an adjacent and essentially coating to coating touching relationship one to another and are circumscribed by a plastic material;
- (b) a first flexible web connected to said first and second optical fiber ribbons;
- and,
- (c) the optical fibers of said first optical fiber ribbon delimit a plane that is spaced apart from and essentially parallel to a plane delimited by the optical fibers of said second optical fiber ribbon and the lateral edges of said first and second optical fiber ribbons are co-extensive with one another.
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A fiber optic cable comprising:
- (a) first and second optical fiber ribbons in which each ribbon contains a plurality of optical fibers and each optical fiber is circumscribed by a coating, said optical fibers disposed in a single plane in an adjacent and essentially coating to coating touching relationship one to another and are circumscribed by a plastic material;
- (b) a first flexible web connected to said first and second optical fiber ribbons;
- (c) the optical fibers of said first optical fiber ribbon delimit a plane that is spaced apart from and essentially parallel to a plane delimited by the optical fibers of said second optical fiber ribbon and the lateral edges of said first and second optical fiber ribbons are co-extensive with one another;
- (d) a tubular member in which said first and second optical fiber ribbons are disposed forming a cable core;
- and,
- (e) a plastic sheath circumscribing said cable core.
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A fiber optic cable comprising:
- (a) a central strength member;
- (b) one or more elongated open top members positioned about said strength member, each open top member delimiting a cavity, said cavity containing first and second optical fiber ribbons n which each ribbon contains a plurality of optical fibers and each optical fiber is circumscribed by a coating and disposed in a single plane in adjacent and essentially coating to coating touching relationship one to another and are circumscribed by a plastic material, said first and second optical fiber ribbons connected together by a first flexible web member wherein the optical fibers of said first optical fiber ribbon delimit a plane that is spaced apart from and essentially parallel to a plane delimited by the optical fibers of said second optical fiber ribbon and the lateral edges of said first and second optical fiber ribbons are co-extensive with one another;
- and,
- (c) a sheath circumscribing said one or more open top elongated members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.