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Arrangement for branching a telecommunications cable containing several stranded elements with optical fibers

  • US 6,181,861 B1
  • Filed: 02/10/1998
  • Issued: 01/30/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An arrangement for connecting to a main cable containing several stranded elements, each with a plurality of optical fibers therin, comprising:

  • (a) a housing;

    (b) at least two splice cassettes in the housing; and

    (c) a branch-off cable entering the housing in a fluid tight manner and having at least two optical fibers adapted for splicing to the optical fibers of the main cable to create a branched area to be protected to a sleeve, the sleeve for the branched area is buried undergound, each optical fiber protected by a separate pair of tubes made of polymeric material, a portion of each optical fiber not located within its pair of tubes and being stored in a respective one of the at least two splice cassettes in the housing thereby acting as excess length being adapted to be connected to a subscriber connection cable, wherein the branch-off cable and the housing with the cassettes comprise a prefabricated unit.

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