Method of making scrambled branched fiber optics

Abstract

Abstract A METHOD FOR UNIFORM OR MIXED SCRAMBLING OF BRANCHED FIBER OPTICS, WINDS AN INITAL OF FIBER ON A DRUM OF A FIBER DRAWING MCHINE WHICH HAS SPACED, DOUBLE-FACED TAPE PLACED ON THE DRUM PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE DRUM, AND THE FIBERS STRANDS ARE PLACED APPROXIMATELY TWO DIAMETERS APART. A SECOND LAYER OF TAPE IS PLACED OVER THE FIBERS AND ON THE FIRST LAYER OF TAPE, AND A SECOND LAYER OF FIBER IS WOUND AROUND THE DRUM IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE FIBERS OF THE FIRST LAYER. A FINAL LAYER OF TAPE IS PLACED OVER THE SECOND LAYER OF TAPE ABOVE THE OTHER LAYERS OF TAPE. THE FIBERS INTERMEDIATE THE TAPE STRIPS ARE SECURED TOGETHER BY LACQUER OR CEMENT, AND THE FIBERS ARE THEN CUT IN THE LACQUERED SETION. A CUT IS MADE CENTERWISE OF THE TAPE STRIPS ALONG A LINE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF DRUM FROMING A STRIP OF FIBERS WITH ONE LACQUERED END AND A DIVIDED TAPED END. THE LACQUERED END IS THEN ROLLED INTO THE DESIRED CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION, AND THE SEPARATED LAYERS IN THE TAPE SECTION ARE THEN ROLLED INTO THE DESIRED CONFIGURATION FORMING AN OPTICAL FIBER WITH A COMMON END AND A BRANCHED END.

Inventors

• 👤 James A Jones

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