G - Physics – 02 – B
Patent
G - Physics
02
B
26/197, 88/97.3
G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1127435
A B S T R A C T In a known form of optical fibre connector component which includes a tubular housing and three round rods supported longitudinally side by side within the tubular housing and defining between them an interstitial space for reception of an optical fibre or two aligned optical fibres in abutting relationship, introduction of the optical fibre or fibres into the interstitial space is facilitated by making the tubular housing of a material having a greater coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the material of the rods. In use, prior to introducing an optical fibre or optical fibres into the interstitial space, the tubular housing is heated to cause it to expand radially outwardly to permit radial separation of the rods and thereby facilitate introduction of the optical fibre or fibres into the interstitial space. The tubular housing is then cooled or permitted to cool to cause the housing to contract radially inwardly to compress the rods radially inwardly and cause them to grip the optical fibre or fibres so that the or each fibre is aligned axially in the interstitial space. Risk of damage to an end face of an optical fibre during introduction of the fibre into the interstitial space is thereby substantially reduced.
360172
Bicc Limited
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
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