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US 5,348,586 AGranted
Ribbon prewet system
AssigneeSiecor Corporation
InventorsKenneth D. Temple, Jr., Keith D. Church
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Abstract
Apparatus for applying filling compound or the like to a rotating optical ribbon stack comprising a stationary bearing through which a viscous substance is applied under pressure, a rotatable journal, and a ribbon wiping die secured within the journal through which a light waveguide ribbon stack may be passed.
Claims2
Apparatus for applying a viscous substance to a group of rotating optical ribbons, comprising:
- a stationary bearing having at least one opening through which a viscous substance is supplied under pressure;
- a rotatable journal held within the bearing, said journal having means for securing a ribbon wiping die inserted in the journal;
- means for rotating the journal;
- and,
- a ribbon wiping die secured within the journal, the wiping die having a plurality of passages therein through each of which a fight waveguide ribbon may be passed.
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