Patent ID: 6534122
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: C03C

Abstract:
A method in connection with coating of an optical fibre in a fibre coating line, wherein a first fibre (3a) is directed from a fibre pay-off forward in the process via a press head (2a) forming the coating, and when the first fibre (3a) ends, a new fibre (3b) is guided to the press head (2a) and through it, characterized in that the new fibre (3b) is directed to the press head (2a) in advance, so that when the first fibre (3a) ends, a roll device (7) grips both the first fibre and the new fibre so that both fibres (3a, 3b) are caught between freely rotating rolls (7a, 7b) of the roll device (7), whereupon the tail of the first fibre (3a) makes the rolls (7a, 7b) of the roll device rotate, whereafter the rotational movement of the rolls pushes the new fibre in a fibre coating line (3b) to the press head (2a) at a speed equal to that of the line.