Patent ID: 9678279
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G02B,H02G,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for mounting blown fiber tubes, the apparatus comprising: a main housing mountable to an end of a flex tube; an outer ring positioned at an end of the main housing; an inner ring positioned adjacent to and within the outer ring, the inner ring including a center portion and a plurality of outer portions coupled to and surrounding the center portion, the inner ring further including a plurality of slots extending radially from the center portion to separate the plurality of outer portions, wherein the blown fiber tubes are positioned about an outer periphery of the inner ring; and a trigger which pushes the outer portions of the inner ring to compress the blown fiber tubes between the outer portions of the inner ring and the outer ring, wherein the outer portions of the inner ring break free from the center portion when the trigger pushes the outer portions to compress the blown fiber tubes.