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Communication cable with optical wave guides
Assignee: Kabelmetal Electro GmbH
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Filing: 1987-06-29
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Granted: 1989-07-18
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Expires: 2007-06-29
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a communication cable with wave guides which are combined in ribbon lines. The optical wave guides are fixed in the ribbon lines only at fastening places which lie one behind the other in axial direction and are spaced apart from each other. The ribbon lines are marked at the fastening places, for instance by color. The marking is identical for a ribbon line over its entire length. All ribbon lines arranged in the cable are marked differently.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter Rohner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 10:13
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/44; G02B6/4479; G02B6/4482; G02B6/4401; G02B6/4403
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
In a communication cable comprising: a core of optical wave guides disposed as ribbon lines, a sheath of high tensile strength enclosing the core, there being at least two ribbon lines within which the wave guides are arranged parallel to each other, the ribbon lines including fastening elements for holding together the wave guides, the improvement wherein the optical wave guides in each ribbon line are held together over the entire width of the ribbon line by the fastening elements at fastening places which follow one another, spaced apart, in the longitudinal direction of the line; all fastening elements of a ribbon line have a marking for identifying the ribbon line to which they belong, the markings being the same for all of the fastening elements of one and the same ribbon line; and the markings of fastening elements of different ribbon lines are different from the fastening elements of all other ribbon lines arranged in the core of the cable.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
In a communication cable comprising: a core of optical wave guides disposed as ribbon lines, a sheath of high tensile strength enclosing the core, there being at least two ribbon lines within which the wave guides are arranged parallel to each other, the ribbon lines including fastening elements for holding together the wave guides, the improvement wherein the optical wave guides in each ribbon line are held together over the entire width of the ribbon line by the fastening elements at fastening places which follow one another, spaced apart, in the longitudinal direction of the line; all fastening elements of a ribbon line have a marking for identifying the ribbon line to which they belong, the markings being the same for all of the fastening elements of one and the same ribbon line; and the markings of fastening elements of different ribbon lines are different from the fastening elements of all other ribbon lines arranged in the core of the cable.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, wherein the marking of the fastening elements is color.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, wherein the marking of the fastening elements is a sign.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, wherein additional signs are applied to all fastening elements, in each case on one of the side edges of the ribbon lines.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, wherein the optical wave guides are in each case arranged in a predetermined pattern at the fastening places.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, further comprising strip-shaped supports which extend transversely to the longitudinal direction of the optical wave guides, and wherein at the fastening places, the optical wave guides are bonded on one side firmly to the strip-shaped supports.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, wherein a ribbon line includes a ribbon which extends over the entire length of the ribbon line; and individual ones of the optical wave guides are firmly connected at the fastening places at distances apart to the ribbon.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, further comprising strips surrounding the wave guides in a ribbon line; and wherein the optical wave guides are fixed at the fastening places by the surrounding strips which are bonded to the optical wave guides.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
The communication cable according to claim 1, wherein the fastening elements are formed as a covering which is sprayed onto the wave guides in ribbon line; and wherein the optical wave guides are fixed at the fastening places by the covering.
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