Abstract: A dispersion compensating optical fiber for NZ-DSFs, includes: an uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber; a double-layered resin coating disposed around the uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber; and an outer coating layer having a thickness of 3 to 7 ?m, containing silicone in an amount of 1 to 5% by weight, and disposed around the double-layered resin coating. The outer diameter of the uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber is in a range from 90 to 125 ?m, an outer diameter of the dispersion compensating optical fiber is in a range from 180 to 250 ?m, and the amount of silicone contained in the outer coating layer is determined such that an adhesive property of the outer coating layer is 1 gf/mm or less.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable that sustains reduced increase in transmission loss and optical fiber breakage when subject to external pressure exerted thereon, comprises an aggregate of elements including central buffer filaments disposed in the center part of the optical fiber cable and a plurality of optical fibers disposed around the central buffer filaments, as well as circumferential strength filaments disposed around the outer periphery of the aggregate of elements, and a sheath covering the circumferential strength filaments.

Abstract: A distinctive optical fiber comprises an optical fiber core, distinctive layers, and a colored layer. A plurality of the distinctive layers including fine drops of ink having a specific particle size is disposed intermittently on the optical fiber core in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber core. The colored layer is disposed on the distinctive layers and on the optical fiber core on which the distinctive layers are not disposed. The following five requirements are required for obtaining the distinctive optical fiber excellent in distinctiveness and with low transmission loss. The thickness of the colored layer is chosen so as to be larger than or equal to 2 ?m and smaller than or equal to 10 ?m. The thickness of the distinctive layers is chosen so as to be larger than or equal to 0.5 ?m and smaller than or equal to 2.5 ?m. The length of the distinctive layers is chosen so as to be larger than or equal to 1 mm and smaller than or equal to 15 mm.

Abstract: A resin liquid is provided which is used to produce an optical fiber coating layer which does not degrade over time in long-period transmission characteristics of the optical fiber. An optical fiber in which long-period transmission characteristics do not degrade is also provided. In order to achieve these objects, the present invention provides a resin liquid for an optical fiber coating layer containing at least one resin, wherein the resin liquid contains fewer than 500 pieces of extraneous material per 1 ml of the resin liquid, which have a minimum length of 0.5 ?m or more and a hardness greater than a hardness of the resin liquid after curing.

Abstract: A dispersion compensating optical fiber for NZ-DSFs, includes: an uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber; a double-layered resin coating disposed around the uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber; and an outer coating layer having a thickness of 3 to 7 ?m, containing silicone in an amount of 1 to 5% by weight, and disposed around the double-layered resin coating. The outer diameter of the uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber is in a range from 90 to 125 ?m, an outer diameter of the dispersion compensating optical fiber is in a range from 180 to 250 ?m, and the amount of silicone contained in the outer coating layer is determined such that an adhesive property of the outer coating layer is 1 gf/mm or less.

Abstract: A cable wherein even when there is a substantial volume of cable identifying information for identifying the cable, all of that cable identifying information can be simply and speedily written-in. This cable has a cable core, an integrated member with a chain of RFIDs including a plurality of RFID elements arranged at suitable intervals along a longitudinal direction of the cable core, to and from which cable identifying information can be written-in and read-out by transmission of electromagnetic energy, and a transmission coaxial cable for collectively writing-in cable identifying information to all of the RFID elements.

Abstract: A dispersion compensating optical fiber includes an uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber containing a core and a cladding, and a resin coating which is disposed around the uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber, wherein the resin coating has an adhesive property of 10 g/mm or less, and which includes an outer coating layer which is formed to have a thickness of 3 ?m or more, and the outer diameter of the uncovered dispersion compensating optical fiber is in a range from 90 to 125 ?m, and the outer diameter of the dispersion compensating optical fiber is in a range from 180 to 250 ?m.

Abstract: An optical fiber unit for air blown fiber installation, including an optical fiber wire; an inner coating layer formed on an outer periphery of the optical fiber wire with a modulus of elasticity ranging from 0.98 to 196 MPa; an outer coating layer formed on an outer periphery of the inner coating layer with a modulus of elasticity ranging from 196 to 1960 MPa; and a foamed plastic layer formed on an outer periphery of the outer coating layer.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable including a slotted core (3) having a suitable number of slots (7) and identification members (25) disposed in a designated slot (7B) of the slots (7) for identifying cable information.

Abstract: The manufacturing apparatus for optical fiber cord is provided with an extrusion machine, a cooling chamber, an intermediate pulling device, a heating chamber, a final pulling device, and a winding machine wherein the machines, the devices and the chambers are disposed in this order. One or more optical fiber cores and one or more reinforcing fibers are sheathed with thermoplastic resin by the extrusion machine. The thermoplastic resin is solidified by cooling so as to be a resin sheath. The sheathed fibers are annealed by the heating chamber so that its residual stress is relieved.

Abstract: An optical fiber drop cable is provided with a neck portion in which an optical element section and a cable support section may be separated readily. The optical fiber drop cable 1 comprises the optical element section 9 including an optical fiber core wire 3, at least one pair of first tensile strength bodies 5 disposed in parallel to said optical fiber core wire in between, said optical fiber core wire and said first tensile strength bodies being covered with a cable sheath 7, and the cable support section 15 including a second tensile strength body 11 covered with a sheath 13, and the optical element section 9 and the cable support section 15 being fixed in parallel to each other via a neck portion 17. The neck portion 17 includes a thick part 25 formed on the cable support section 15 side and a thin part 23, which is thinner than the thick part 25, formed on the optical element section 9 side next to the thick part 25.

Abstract: An optical fiber drop cable includes an optical element portion having an optical fiber core wire and a pair of first tension members disposed parallel to the optical fiber core wire on both sides thereof in a sandwiching manner. The optical fiber core wire and the pair of first tension members are coated with a cable sheath. A long-scale cable support wire portion has a second tension member coated with a sheath. The optical element portion and the cable support wire portion are adhered parallel to each other. The first tension members are composed of a nonconductive material. A flexural rigidity of the optical element portion is in a range from 80 to 500 Nmm2.

Abstract: An optical fiber ribbon cord 10 comprising a plurality of tension fibers 13 juxtaposed along about an optical fiber ribbon 11 and a sheath 14 composed of a resin covering all the exteriors thereof, wherein at least one tape body 15 with higher Young's modulus than that of the sheath is inserted within the interior A of a side wall in the minor axis of the sheath.

Abstract: An improved optical fiber is described. The optical fiber comprises: a fiber glass structure; a first jacket layer made of a soft curable resin and directly covering the external surface of said fiber glass structure; and a second jacket layer made of a rigid curable resin and covering the external surface of said fiber glass structure through said first jacket layer. The mechanical factors of said fiber glass structure, the mechanical factors of said first jacket layer and the mechanical factors of said second jacket layer are selected in order that the Young's modulus of said first jacket layer is larger than the average tensile stress (&sgr;r+&sgr;&thgr;+&sgr;z)/3 as applied to said first jacket layer 5 while the resin temperature of UV curable resins largely falls from the temperature when the rigid UV curable resin starts hardening to the temperature when the hardening is finished.

Abstract: A cable wherein even when there is a substantial volume of cable identifying information for identifying the cable, all of that cable identifying information can be simply and speedily written-in. This cable has a cable core, an integrated member with a chain of RFIDs including a plurality of RFID elements arranged at suitable intervals along a longitudinal direction of the cable core, to and from which cable identifying information can be written-in and read-out by transmission of electromagnetic energy, and a transmission coaxial cable for collectively writing-in cable identifying information to all of the RFID elements.

Abstract: An optical fiber drop cable is provided with a neck portion in which an optical element section and a cable support section may be separated readily. The optical fiber drop cable 1 comprises the optical element section 9 including an optical fiber core wire 3, at least one pair of first tensile strength bodies 5 disposed in parallel to said optical fiber core wire in between, said optical fiber core wire and said first tensile strength bodies being covered with a cable sheath 7, and the cable support section 15 including a second tensile strength body 11 covered with a sheath 13, and the optical element section 9 and the cable support section 15 being fixed in parallel to each other via a neck portion 17. The neck portion 17 includes a thick part 25 formed on the cable support section 15 side and a thin part 23, which is thinner than the thick part 25, formed on the optical element section 9 side next to the thick part 25.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable including a slotted core (3) having a suitable number of slots (7) and identification members (25) disposed in a designated slot (7B) of the slots (7) for identifying cable information.

Abstract: An optical fiber drop cable is disclosed including an elongated optical element section composed of an optical fiber core wire and at least one pair of adjacent first tensile strength members, disposed on both sides of the optical fiber core wire in parallel thereto, which are covered with a cable sheath, and an elongated cable support wire section having a second tensile strength member covered with a sheath and adhered to the optical element section in parallel thereto. Since an outer periphery of the first tensile strength member is formed in a rugged configuration, an increased adhesive force is provided between the first tensile strength member and the cable sheath due to an anchoring effect of the rugged configuration.

Abstract: An optical drop cable includes an optical element portion having an optical fiber core wire and at least one pair of first tension bodies covered with a cable sheath. A support wire portion includes a second tension body covered with a sheath. Both portions are fixed together. The first tension bodies are composed of a flexible plastic material.

Abstract: A distinctive optical fiber comprises an optical fiber core, distinctive layers, and a colored layer. A plurality of the distinctive layers including fine drops of ink having a specific particle size is disposed intermittently on the optical fiber core in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber core. The colored layer is disposed on the distinctive layers and on the optical fiber core on which the distinctive layers are not disposed. The following five requirements are required for obtaining the distinctive optical fiber excellent in distinctiveness and with low transmission loss. The thickness of the colored layer is chosen so as to be larger than or equal to 2 &mgr;m and smaller than or equal to 10 &mgr;m. The thickness of the distinctive layers is chosen so as to be larger than or equal to 0.5 &mgr;m and smaller than or equal to 2.5 &mgr;m. The length of the distinctive layers is chosen so as to be larger than or equal to 1 mm and smaller than or equal to 15 mm.