Inside payout optical fiber canister having reduced adhesive in the optical fiber pack

摘要

An optical fiber canister (90) comprises a hollow housing (102) and an optical fiber pack (98) having a plurality of layers of optical fiber (20) supported on an inner surface of the housing (102) with a free end (96) of the optical fiber (20) positioned to pay out from an interior surface of the fiber pack (98). The optical fiber (20) of the optical fiber pack (98) has an amount of adhesive thereon ranging from zero to an amount sufficient to produce a peel force of less than about 2 grams. There is desirably a support layer (110) of a castable elastomeric material between the inner wall (108) of the hollow housing (102) and the outer surface of the optical fiber pack (98), and a release layer of a release material such as polytetrafluoroethylene between the inner surface of the support layer (110) and the outer surface of the optical fiber pack (98).