Patent ID: 8408818

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a protection sleeve for optic fiber splicing, the method comprising: providing a heat shrinkable tube having a hollow interior; inserting a hot melt adhesive tube and a reinforcing rod into the hollow interior of the heat shrinkable tube, the hot melt adhesive tube also having a hollow interior; positioning the heat shrinkable tube with the hot melt adhesive tube and the reinforcing rod inserted therein a first distance away from a heating device; heating the heat shrinkable tube for a first predetermined period of time such that the heat shrinkable tube provisionally shrinks in order to hold the reinforcing rod in position within the heat shrinkable tube; re-positioning the heat shrinkable tube, the hot melt adhesive tube and the reinforcing rod inserted therein, to a second distance away from the heating device, the second distance being less than the first distance; and heating the heat shrinkable tube for a second predetermined period of time at the second distance such that a middle portion of the hot melt adhesive tube melts within the heat shrinkable tube adhering to the reinforcing rod and an interior surface of the heat shrinkable tube, such that the hollow interior of the hot melt adhesive tube has a sufficient opening for an optical fiber to pass therethrough.