Title:
JOINT FOR OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION SUBMARINE CABLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS61221713
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A joint for optical fiber telecomunication submarine cables according to the invention provides for a metal ferrule (17) that butt-connects the mechanically resistant armours (18,19) of two cables (15,16) constituted by metal wires and the like that occupy the radially innermost position of the cables themselves.Around the ferrule there is a joint core (20) of plastic material in which there are through cavities (23) filled with an incompressible fluid that loosely house the extremities (26) of the optical fibers of the cables and their connections (27). A joint sheath (28) of plastic material encircles the core and is connected to the plastic material sheaths of the cables (15, 16).
Inventors:
PAORO GATSUTSUANA PURIAROTSUJI
Application Number:
JP4390386A
Publication Date:
October 02, 1986
Filing Date:
February 28, 1986
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PIRELLI CAVI SPA
International Classes:
G02B6/40; G02B6/24; (IPC1-7): G02B6/24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kyozo Yuasa