Cleaver, optical fibre
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1976
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0641.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NORTHERN TELECOM
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 4.0 cm
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- NORTHERN TELECOM
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C 1976-77
- Canada
-
DESIGNED BY HELMUT LUKAS WHO WORKED FOR BNR. IT WAS USED ON THE SECURE LINK AT DND HQ IN OTTAWA, ONE OF THE FIRST FIBRE OPTIC INSTALLATIONS IN CANADA. [REF.1] - Function
-
USED TO CLEAVE A GLASS FIBRE. [REF.1] - Technical
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A FLAT END PERPENDICULAR TO THE LENGTH OF THE FIBRE IS NEEDED FOR A GOOD SPLICE. AN ITEM LIKE THIS WAS PUT INTO PRODUCTION BY NORTHERN TELECOM AS AN INSTALLATION TOOL. [REF 2] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NO MARKINGS.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BRUSHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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NORTHERN TELECOM, Cleaver, optical fibre, circa 1976, Artifact no. 1996.0641, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0641.001/
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