Signal generator for aligning optical fibres
CA 1231139 A · Owner: Bicc Public Limited Company · Inventors: Buck, John S.; Owens, David
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A signal generator which can inject an optical signal into all the fires of a cable, and so be left unmanned during jointing operations, uses a tungsten-halogen or other incandescent light source. This is collimated by conventional optical elements and pulsed by a mechanical chopper. All the fibre ends are aligned with and positioned within the chopped collimated beam.
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- Granted January 5, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 5, 2005.
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