Easy and quick stripping optical-fiber cable, and a method of manufacturing such a cable

A method of stripping the end of a cable, said cable comprising at least one optical member, and at least one strength member, said members being inserted in respective cavities in a covering made of thermoplastic, said cavities being closed relative to the outside of the cable;

• said cable being characterized in that all of the cavities receiving said optical members communicate with one another, at least two of all of said cavities communicate with each other, and in that the members contained in the cavities that communicate with one another are coated with a viscous, non-adhering material preventing them from adhering to said covering, said method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
• removing the thermoplastic covering said strength member(s) over a given length of the end of the cable so as to make it possible to disengage said strength members over said given length of cable, thereby constituting cable portions that are separate over said given length;
• separating said separate cable portions on either side of the central portion located between said strength members;
• disengaging the ends of the optical members in each of said cable portions by moving apart the two edges of the portion that contains no thermoplastic, so that said edges no longer hold said optical members captive;
• and
• removing the thermoplastic over said given length so as to obtain stripped ends of said optical members over said given length.