APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING SEVERAL OPTICAL FIBRES INTO SEVERAL HELICOIDAL GROOVES ON THE SURFACE OF A CYLINDRICAL SUPPORT

摘要

1. Means for the simultaneous arrangement of a plurality of optical fibres in a plurality of helically extending grooves of a cylindrical support, comprising a fixed frame and an assembly member (11) which comprises a centre opening (12) for passage of the support (A-B) and carries a group of fibre guides (1, 2) each formed by a tube, characterized in that the assembly member (11) can rotate freely with respect to the frame and that each of the tubes forming the fibre guides (1, 2) terminates at one end elastically by means of an inclined face (10) which bears under pressure on the bottom of one of the grooves.