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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5347607 | Optical cable having prestripped terminal elements Disclosed is a light waveguide having one end over which the fiber coating is removed, the prestripped light waveguide contained in an optical transmission cable.... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5333193 | Telephone network termination module having insulation displacement terminals This invention discloses a network termination module which comprises a base structure having a means for grounding. Mounted on and above the base structure are a pair of insulation displacement terminals, a telephone jack and subscriber terminals. The in... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5312499 | Method and apparatus for making a loose tube fiber optic cable component Disclosed is an apparatus and method for making a loose tube buffered optical fiber, the apparatus comprising an extrusion crosshead having an inlet and exit port connecting a plastic flow passageway circumscribing another passageway in which there is dis... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5313519 | Protected telephone network interface device A telephone network interface device comprises a base structure, a protector assembly disposed within the base structure and a cover on the base structure. The device also includes a telephone jack and terminals to which a telephone subscriber's wiring ca... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5271131 | Continuous fabric detwister A device for continuously imparting a predetermined twist to an elongated tubular shaped flaccid work piece composed of first and second sets of arcuate shaped spaced apart ribs delimiting a space having a funnel shaped portion, a moving device affixed to... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5261020 | Optical fiber connector assembly tool Disclosed is a connector assembly tool that performs three assembly functions on FC and ST type connectors having a factory installed fiber in response to moving a handle from a first to a second position, namely activating an optical fiber alignment devi... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5212756 | Fiber optic ribbon cable including flexible web An optical fiber ribbon composite, each ribbon joined to adjacent ribbon by a flexible web member, the web member having sufficient length so that the optical fiber ribbons can be moved to positions where the plane delimited by the optical fibers of any g... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5166998 | Optical ribbon cable component An optical cable component made up of an elongated flexible substrate, having first and second groups of plastic coated optical fibers, the first group being removably affixed to a first surface of the substrate and the surface opposite from the first gro... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5159335 | Switched capacitance automatic meter reading device A humidity and temperature resistant apparatus for determining the orientation of a rotatable meter hand relative to a dial spaced apart from a meter hand that creates and depletes a charge between a center electrode, a meter hand, and an outer electrode ... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5136286 | Switched capacitance meter reading device using variable width electrodes A humidity and temperature resistant apparatus for determining the orientation of a rotatable meter hand relative to a dial spaced apart from a meter hand that creates and depletes a charge between a center electrode, a meter hand, and an outer variable w... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5119646 | Bleaching kier for continuous bleaching of elongated cloth A bleaching kier comprising a compartment of container into and out of which flaccid material is conveyed, in combination with (a) a control device for controlling the amount of elongated cloth being conveyed to the compartment, (b) a device for conveying... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5101685 | Limited slip differential using a continuous worm gear A differential gear that includes a cage in which there is disposed first and second rotatable cylinders positioned adjacent to one another, each rotatable cylinder having an elliptically-shaped groove in its surface and a sphere in each groove in contact... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5049415 | Method for applying particulate matter to a cable core A method of applying particulate matter to a cable core comprising providing first and second chambers, both of which have entrance and exit ports, the first chamber containing particulate matter and the exit port of the second chamber containing an air w... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5030950 | Switched capacitance meter reading device An apparatus for remotely monitoring the position of a rotatable member, relative to a substrate spaced apart from the rotatable member, as the rotatable member is rotated about an axis of rotation by an axle, including an array of spaced-apart, outer ele... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5022344 | Method and apparatus for applying particulate matter to a cable core A method of applying particulate matter to a cable core comprising providing first and second chambers, both of which have entrance and exit ports, the first chamber containing particulate matter and the exit port of the second chamber containing an air w... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5015103 | Side loadable bag A bag adapted to receive and contain merchandise through a side opening, made from a sheet of flaccid material folded along a fold line to provide two side by side overlapping wall panels, the wall panels joined together along two spaced apart pairs of si... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5003586 | Dial tone interrupt device A device for preventing calls from a network interface device, disposed between a customer's premise equipment and that portion of a telephone loop owned by a telephone company connecting the network interface device to a telephone central office, by peri... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4999734 | Electrode array made from concave electrodes for meter reading device An electrode array for use in an apparatus for remotely monitoring the position of a rotatable member as the rotatable member is rotated by an axle about an axis. The array includes a substrate composed of a three-layer composite having first and second s... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4994134 | Method of making a ferrule having enhanced concentricity A method of making a two-layered (ceramic-glass) ferrule having a high degree of concentricity employing the steps of: (a) providing a tubular fixture; (b) inserting a ferrule fixture into a portion of the tubular fixture, the ferrule fixture having conti... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4983333 | Method for controlling excess fiber length in a loose tube optical fiber buffer tube A method for controlling excess fiber length (EFL) in a loose tube optical fiber buffer tube which includes traversing a just extruded plastic buffer tube, containing optical fibers and a filling compound, through a vertical cooling tower along a buffer t... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4939896 | Method and apparatus for S-Z stranding A method and apparatus for increasing the line speed of an S-Z strander by applying a tensile force to the elongated accumulator of the strander, between 124 pounds and less than the elastic limit of the material from which the elongated accumulator is ma... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4924407 | Humidity resistant meter reading device A humidity resistant device (24 and 78) for reading a meter having multiple dial faces and a rotatable meter hand (17-18) and axle (19) for each dial face that includes for each dial face (a) a plate (16) disposed between the dial face and the meter hand;... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4921413 | Apparatus for controlling excess fiber length in a loose tube optical fiber buffer tube Apparatus for controlling excess fiber length (EFL) in a loose tube optical fiber buffer tube which includes traversing a just extruded plastic buffer tube, containing optical fibers and a filling compound, through a vertical cooling tower along a buffer ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4901939 | Reel A reel containing first and second spaced-apart flanges, a first tubular member disposed between and attached to the first and second flanges at a point spaced apart from the free edges of the flanges so that the first tubular member and a portion of the ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4898451 | Wax encased fiber optic cable An optical fiber circumscribed by a wax forming a free standing composite disposed in a buffer tube.... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4881795 | High count optical fiber distribution cable A high count optical fiber distribution cable having a center sub-unit in the form of a single helix and an outside member in the form of a double helix configuration, the cable structure of which results in optical fiber attenuation stability of no more ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4853067 | Tack strip padding applicator An apparatus for applying an adhesive padding to a tack strip substrate composed of the following elements: (a) a conveyor for conveying a substrate along an elongated path; (b) an arm disposed above the conveyor, pivotable about an axis, biased to a firs... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4850471 | Conveyor system with a mechanical brain A conveyor system for delivering work pieces to a predetermined area comprising a first conveyor, a second conveyor disposed at an angle to the first conveyor, a mechanical brain, and a transfer apparatus (arm) at the juncture of the first and second conv... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4850672 | Strain compensated fiber optic cable A strain compensated fiber optic cable composed of a hollow central member made from an elastic material capable of being physically enlarged, such enlargement capable of being at least partially reversed upon demand; and, a plurality of optical fibers ha... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4828352 | S-Z stranded optical cable Fiber optic cable containing, (a) a core of S-Z stranded strands composed of first and second alternatingly repeating and essentially equal first and second sections, each of the first sections having a common direction and degree of lay substantially equ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4815450 | Endoscope having variable flexibility An improved endoscope of the variety which includes an endoscope slideably nested inside of a guiding tube, including an improvement that renders on demand either the guiding tube more flexible than the endoscope or the endoscope more flexible than the gu... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4792121 | Lifter A device for lifting and positioning a heavy object, comprising a base, a pair of arcuate arm moving rack gears, a pair of arms rotatively affixed to the arcuate rack gears, a pair of arm moving pinion gears fixed to an axle rotatively affixed to each arm... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4787704 | Rematable optical splice utilizing rods with resilient coating A first embodiment of an optical splice having a frame with a channel; two rods each having a resilient exterior surface disposed in the channel; and a lid adapted to be received on the frame over the channel, the lid having a resilient surface adapted to... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4769029 | Prosthetic graft for arterial system repair A prosthetic graft for arterial system repair comprising a flexible tube, an anchoring device attached at each of the two opposite ends of the flexible tube member, each anchoring device containing a ring, a circular member and a connecting member, in eac... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4765711 | Underwater fiber optic cable weighted with metal particles A fiber optic cable adapted for underwater duty comprising a core of optical fibers circumferentially surrounded by jacket, the jacket being composed of metal particles suspended or embedded in a plastic.... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765122 | Conveyor A conveyor system having first second and third stations and a return conveyor in communication with and linking the first and third stations: The first station has a device to selectively feed pallets, one at a time, from the return conveyor to a positio... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4764647 | Mechanical brain A conveyor system for delivering work pieces to a predetermined area comprising a first conveyor, a second conveyor disposed at an angle to the first conveyor, a mechanical brain, and a transfer apparatus (arm) at the juncture of the first and second conv... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4741032 | Container for telephone network interface device A telephone network interface device adapted to be connected to and in between a telephone subscriber premise wiring and a Telephone Company owned subscriber loop comprising a backwall and a sidewall affixed to the sidewall delimiting a cavity in which th... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4739607 | Conveyor A conveyor system having first second and third stations and a return conveyor in communication with and linking the first and third stations: The first station has a device to selectively feed pallets, one at a time, from the return conveyor to a positio... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4724929 | Elevator compensating cable Disclosed is a compensating cable adapted to be used in combination with an elevator cab, counterweight, hoist rope and traveling cable. The compensating cable is composed of a sheath, at least one elongated strength member such as a link chain or strande... | 02/16/1988 |
