Abstract: The invention relates to a method of feeding a plurality of optical waveguides into a clamping device, between whose clamping jaws the optical waveguides are clamped in a side-by-side relationship in one plane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for establishing a connection between two optical lines, in which a spare length of light conducting fibre is withdrawn from a storage container and, after completion of the connections, pushed back in again. To reduce the space required for storage containers, it is proposed that the light conducting fibres of the optical lines to be connected should each be connected to an end of a connecting fibre which is withdrawn as needed from a single storage container and whose excess lengths are slid back into the storage container after the connections have been made.

Abstract: A storage device for a spare length of an optical line, comprising a flat storage space in which the spare length is wound at a radial distance round a central core and led out by its ends through peripheral openings from which one free end can be withdrawn, accompanied by reduction of the diameter of the turns. The device further comprises lateral guide walls at right angles to the central core and outer peripheral walls to limit the diameter of the turns. To permit the unobstructed withdrawal and sliding back in again of an end of an optical line despite an extremely flat construction, the arrangement is such that the distance between the guide walls (6 to 10 and 11 to 16) is slightly greater than the width of the optical line (1 to 5) and smaller than 1.