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Vented optical tube

  • US 10,133,017 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2016
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a conduit including;

    a tube having a water defining an interior volume of the tube;

    one or more optical fibers disposed within the interior volume of the tube, wherein;

    the wall of the tube includes a plurality of vents, each vent passing between an outer surface of the wall of the tube and the interior volume, the plurality of vents disposed along a length of the tube and having a distance therebetween;

    wherein the vents are configured to establish fluid communication between the interior volume of the outer jacket and the interior volume of the tube;

    wherein the vents have a population and size configured to provide a flow rate into the interior volume of the tube equal to or greater than 1000 cubic millimeters/sec; and

    wherein the distance between adjacent vents along the length of the tube is in a range of 25 meters to 250 meters.

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