GB2179471B - Introducing a flexible optical guide into a tube using gaseous pressure - Google Patents

Introducing a flexible optical guide into a tube using gaseous pressure

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Publication number
GB2179471B
GB2179471B GB8620028A GB8620028A GB2179471B GB 2179471 B GB2179471 B GB 2179471B GB 8620028 A GB8620028 A GB 8620028A GB 8620028 A GB8620028 A GB 8620028A GB 2179471 B GB2179471 B GB 2179471B
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Prior art keywords
introducing
tube
optical guide
flexible optical
gaseous pressure
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GB8620028A
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GB2179471A (en
Inventor
John Edward Taylor
Ivan Peter Higgins
Alexander Gouveris
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Balfour Beatty PLC
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BICC PLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4479—Manufacturing methods of optical cables
    • G02B6/4485—Installing in protective tubing by fluid drag during manufacturing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G1/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines
    • H02G1/06—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle
    • H02G1/08—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
  • Electric Cable Installation (AREA)
GB8620028A 1985-08-19 1986-08-18 Introducing a flexible optical guide into a tube using gaseous pressure Expired GB2179471B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB858520692A GB8520692D0 (en) 1985-08-19 1985-08-19 Optical cable element

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GB8620028D0 GB8620028D0 (en) 1986-10-01
GB2179471A GB2179471A (en) 1987-03-04
GB2179471B true GB2179471B (en) 1989-08-02

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GB8620028A Expired GB2179471B (en) 1985-08-19 1986-08-18 Introducing a flexible optical guide into a tube using gaseous pressure

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GB2122367A (en) * 1982-05-06 1984-01-11 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Laying cables
EP0135132A1 (en) * 1983-08-18 1985-03-27 Kabelwerke Brugg A.-G. Cable with cable covering, especially a power cable, and method and apparatus for introducing an communication cable thereto
US4529172A (en) * 1982-04-08 1985-07-16 Jeumont-Schneider Corporation Method and means for installing a cable within a conduit

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US4529172A (en) * 1982-04-08 1985-07-16 Jeumont-Schneider Corporation Method and means for installing a cable within a conduit
GB2122367A (en) * 1982-05-06 1984-01-11 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Laying cables
EP0135132A1 (en) * 1983-08-18 1985-03-27 Kabelwerke Brugg A.-G. Cable with cable covering, especially a power cable, and method and apparatus for introducing an communication cable thereto

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GB8620028D0 (en) 1986-10-01
GB2179471A (en) 1987-03-04
GB8520692D0 (en) 1985-09-25

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