Patent ID: 7664363

Claim:
An apparatus to protect fiber ribbons comprising a body, a cap, and an insert; said body comprising a body minor barrel rigidly attached to one end of a body funnel and a body major barrel attached to an opposite end of said body funnel from said body minor barrel, a body minor barrel bore in said body minor barrel, a body funnel bore in said body funnel, and a body major barrel bore in said body major barrel, said body minor barrel bore, body funnel bore, and body major barrel bore mutually communicating; said cap comprising a cap barrel, a cap lip disposed around one end of said cap barrel, and at least one cap bore extending through said cap barrel, said body major barrel bore being sized to frictionally admit said cap barrel, friction between said cap barrel and said body major barrel bore being sufficiently great to removably hold said cap barrel within said body major barrel bore, said cap lip serving as a stop when said cap barrel is inserted into said body major barrel bore; said insert having an insert bore in an insert barrel, said body minor barrel bore being sized to frictionally admit said insert barrel, friction between said insert barrel and said body minor barrel bore being sufficiently great to removably hold said insert barrel within said body minor barrel bore.