"V block" for fiber optic repeater
date: label: date made
content: 1977
name: label: maker
content: GTE Laboratories Incorporated
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Used to secure fiber optic cable to a LED on a terminal light source, or a photodiode on a terminal light amplifier in an optical repeater (1982.0529.03 and .04). A metal block with a V-shaped grove running lengthwise. Grove is covered by two metal and one ceramic plates. Threaded mounting holes are underneath. No extant makers marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: location of prior holder
content: United States: Massachusetts, Waltham
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from GTE Labs Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0529.07
label: accession number
content: 1982.0529
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0529.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: V Block
label: Object Name
content: fiber optics
label: Other Terms
content: V Block; Telephones
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: v block: 7/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.5875 cm