Patent ID: 6197422
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: C03C,C08F,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
A ribbon assembly having the functional capability of providing break-out of ink coated optical glass fibers from said ribbon assembly, said ribbon assembly comprising:a plurality of coated optical glass fibers; anda matrix material binding said plurality of coated optical fibers together, wherein at least one of said coated optical glass fibers comprises a coated optical glass fiber containing an ink coating or a colored outer primary coating formulated from a radiation-curable coating composition comprising:a radiation-curable carrier system containing a radiation-curable monomer, a radiation-curable oligomer, a benzophenone compound and at least about 1 wt. % of a homolytic photoinitiator, based on the total weight of the coating composition; anda pigment dispersed in said radiation-curable carrier system.