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Aqueous coating compositions for glass fibers, fiber strands coated with such compositions and optical fiber cable assemblies including such fiber strands
Assignee: LITE FIBERS LLC
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Filing: 1998-01-20
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Granted: 1999-07-20
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Expires: 2018-01-20
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a secondary aqueous coating composition for coating sized glass fibers of a glass fiber strand, including a first water soluble, emulsifiable or dispersible curable acrylic polymer and a second water soluble, emulsifiable or dispersible curable acrylic polymer different from the first acrylic polymer, the secondary aqueous coating composition being essentially free of a urethane-containing polymer. Other aspects of the present invention include a strand of sized glass fibers having thereon the aforementioned coating composition and an optical fiber cable assembly including an optical fiber and a reinforcement strand of the sized and secondarily coated glass fibers. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the sized glass fibers of the reinforcement strand of the optical fiber cable assembly have thereon the dried residue of a secondary aqueous coating composition which includes a water soluble, emulsifiable or dispersible curable acrylic polymer and a wax material, the secondary aqueous coating composition being essentially free of a urethane-containing polymer.
Inventors
- 👤 Mikhail M. Girgis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:18
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C25/00; C03C25/10; C03C25/48; C03C25/50; C03C25/24; C03C25/26; C03C25/28; C03C25/285; C03C25/30; G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/44; G02B6/4401; G02B6/4429; G02B6/443; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2933; Y10T428/2938; Y10T428/294; Y10T428/2964; Y10T428/2967
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
An optical fiber cable assembly comprising: (a) an optical fiber; and (b) a reinforcement strand positioned about at least a portion of a periphery of the optical fiber for reinforcing the optical fiber, the reinforcement strand comprising a plurality of sized glass fibers having on at least a portion thereof a dried residue of a secondary aqueous coating composition, the secondary aqueous coating composition consisting essentially of: (a) a water soluble, emulsifiable or dispersible curable acrylic polymer; and (b) a wax material, the secondary aqueous coating composition being essentially free of a urethane-containing polymer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
An optical fiber cable assembly comprising: (a) an optical fiber; and (b) a reinforcement strand positioned about at least a portion of a periphery of the optical fiber for reinforcing the optical fiber, the reinforcement strand comprising a plurality of sized glass fibers having on at least a portion thereof a dried residue of a secondary aqueous coating composition, the secondary aqueous coating composition consisting essentially of: (a) a water soluble, emulsifiable or dispersible curable acrylic polymer; and (b) a wax material, the secondary aqueous coating composition being essentially free of a urethane-containing polymer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 1, wherein the acrylic polymer is prepared by vinyl addition polymerization of a monomer component comprising an acrylic monomer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 2, wherein the acrylic monomer of the monomer component is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, alkyl esters of acrylic acid, alkyl esters of methacrylic acid, acrylic anhydrides, acrylamides, acrylonitriles and derivatives and mixtures thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 3, wherein the monomer component of the acrylic polymer further comprises a vinyl addition polymerizable monomer different from the acrylic monomer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 4, wherein the vinyl addition polymerizable monomer is selected from the group consisting of vinyl aromatics, dienes, vinyl halides, vinyl acetates, amides, nitriles, pyrrolidones, olefins and mixtures thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 1, wherein the acrylic polymer is selected from the group consisting of butyl acrylate-styrene copolymers, acrylic-vinyl acetate copolymers, acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymers and ethylene-acrylic acid copolymers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 1, wherein the acrylic polymer comprises about 1 to about 99 weight percent of the secondary aqueous coating composition on a total solids basis.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 1, wherein the acrylic polymer contains epoxy functionality.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 1, wherein the secondary aqueous coating composition comprises less than 2 weight percent of the urethane-containing polymer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The optical fiber cable assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wax material comprises about 1 to about 10 weight percent of the secondary aqueous coating composition on a total solids basis.
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