Patent ID: 6151439
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: D05C,D05D,G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for implanting one or more optical fibers in a panel having a uniform planar surface, said apparatus having a frame for supporting a fiber insertion means above a fiber insertion table, said panel being interposed between said fiber insertion means and said fiber insertion table and said fiber insertion means including a means for feeding optical fiber to an implant head which carries said optical fiber downward to said fiber insertion table and pierces said panel at a desired point of insertion carrying said optical fiber to the underside of said panel through an opening in said insertion table, the improvement comprising combined means for adhering said optical fiber both to the underside and to the top side of said panel by placing measured amounts of adhesive surrounding and immediately adjacent to said optical fiber over the respective sides of said panel and exposing said adhesive to a curing mechanism causing a change in state of said adhesive resulting in permanent adherence of said optical fiber to said panel at the point of insertion.