Patents by Inventor Thomas D. S. Wood

Thomas D. S. Wood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cleaving apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4667862
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaving an optical fibre (115) under axial tension, is provided with a cleaver blade (116) which is mounted as part of a rotatable cleaver assembly. The assembly is balanced about its axis of rotation and, as described, comprises a wheel (117) mounted on an axle (138). The cleaver blade (116) is attached to an arm which extends radially from the wheel (117). A hair spring (304) drives the assembly. The cleaving apparatus finds particular application in cleaving monomode fibres under normal working, rather than laboratory, conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: British Telecommunications plc
    Inventors: Colin A. Millar, David Talbott, David J. Potter, Thomas D. S. Wood