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US 5,703,983 AGranted
S-Z stranded optical cable with mid-span entry marker
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.
InventorWilliam E. Beasley, Jr.
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Abstract
Fiber optic cable containing a core of S-Z stranded strands comprising optical fibers having first and second alternatively repeating first and second sections, a sheath circumscribing the core, and a plurality of indicators located beneath the sheath and in a medial position between a corresponding plurality of pairs of junctures of first and second strand sections along at least a portion of the length of the cable.
Claims25
A fiber optic cable comprising:
- (a) a core containing S-Z stranded strands containing optical fibers having first and second alternatively repeating first and second sections;
- (b) a sheath circumscribing the core;
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- (c) a plurality of indicators located beneath the sheath and in a medial position between a corresponding plurality of pairs of junctures of first and second strand sections along at least a portion of the length of the cable;
- whereby mid-span entry of the fiber optic cable at a selected location along its length and at a juncture of a first and a second strand section is facilitated since a technician opening the fiber optic cable will locate either a desired juncture of the first and second sections or one of said plurality of indicators that will serve to indicate the relative location of a desired juncture of the first and second sections.
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A fiber optic cable comprising:
- (a) a core containing S-Z stranded strands containing optical fibers having first and second alternatively repeating first and second sections;
- (b) a sheath circumscribing the core;
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- (c) a plurality of indicators located beneath the sheath and on the S-Z stranded strands in a medial position between a corresponding plurality of pairs of junctures of first and second strand sections along at least a portion of the length of the cable;
- whereby mid-span entry of the fiber optic cable at a selected location along its length and at a juncture of a first and a second strand section is facilitated since a technician opening the fiber optic cable will locate either a desired juncture of the first and second sections or one of said plurality of indicators that will serve to indicate the relative location of a desired juncture of the first and second sections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.