Patent ID: 6442317
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A method of forming from loose optical fibers a joined structure similar to a ribbon cable, the method comprising the steps of:placing loose optical fibers at each other in a plane to form a flat assembly having two large surfaces opposite each other, thereafter placing, on the two large surfaces of the flat assembly, tapes having an adhesive making the adhesive come in contact with surfaces of the optical fibers in the flat assembly, so that a longitudinal direction of the tapes is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the optical fibers and so that a first one of the tapes is located on a first one of the two large surfaces and opposite a second one of the tapes located on the opposite, second one of the two large surfaces, and finally cutting off the tapes at outer lateral edges of the flat assembly, taken in the plane of the assembly, so that opposite pieces of the tapes remain and adhere to the large surfaces of the flat assembly and to surfaces of the optical fibers in the flat assembly, thereby joining the optical fibers.