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Self-locking fiber optic seal

  • US 4,729,626 A
  • Filed: 07/15/1982
  • Issued: 03/08/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Fiber optic seal apparatus comprising an elongated fiber optic bundle having first and second ends provided with first and second interlocking end fittings respectively, each of the end fittings being provided with fiber end light communicating openings for permitting passage of light through said fiber optic bundle, wherein the first end fitting is provided with a generally V-shaped groove having open top and bottom ends on opposite sides thereof and the second end fitting is provided with a flat longitudinally extending portion having a thickness slightly larger than the width of said open bottom end and smaller than the width of said open top end, said flat portion passing into the top end and out of the bottom end of said V-shaped groove and being held within the groove by engagement between said flat portion and said bottom end of the groove, the first end fitting being further provided with pathways on opposite sides of the V-shaped groove, a first portion of the fibers in said bundle extending through one of the pathways and the remainder of said fibers in said bundle extending through the other of said pathways.

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