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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5210810 | Hermaphroditic connector for single fiber optical cable A single optical fiber hermaphroditic connector (20) includes a ferrule or plug (90) of a subassembly which terminates an optical fiber (22) of a cable (24) and an end of which is received in a cavity of a housing (83). Furcations (102,102) of a bifurcate... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5203691 | Torch assembly for heating glassy tubes A preform tube (31) is caused to be collapsed into a preform rod by causing a heat zone (54) provided by a torch assembly (50) to traverse the tube longitudinally in a plurality of passes. During this so-called collapse mode, a muffle tube (100) encloses ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5193259 | Tool for manipulating an optical fiber splicing device A tool (20) for manipulating an optical fiber splicing device (28) so as to release the fiber ends (30--30) from the splicing device (28) in a manner which allows the same splicing device (28) to be used more than once. The tool (20) includes a body secti... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5185966 | Methods of and apparatus for polishing an article An apparatus (19) which is capable of being used in the field is adapted to polish fiber end faces each terminated by a plurality of cylindrically shaped ferrule type connector plugs (30--30). The apparatus includes a platform (50) which includes a plural... | 02/16/1993 |