David R Sharp

US Patent:

20130192640, Aug 1, 2013

Filed:

Jan 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/359159

Inventors:

Neal G. Skinner - Lewisville TX, US
Etienne M. Samson - Cypress TX, US
David P. Sharp - Houston TX, US
Michel LeBlanc - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

B08B 9/032

US Classification:

134 18, 134 2211, 134 21, 134 19, 134166 C, 134105, 15320

Abstract:

According to one embodiment, the disclosure provides a system for removal of deleterious chemicals from a fiber optic line. The system may a fiber optic line having two ends, an outer tube, an optical fiber, and an inner volume, a fluid operable to move through the inner volume, the fluid operable to remove at least one deleterious chemical other than hydrogen from the fiber optic line, and a fluid controller connected to at least one end of the fiber optic line and operable to control movement of the fluid through the inner volume. According to another embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of removing a deleterious chemical from a fiber optic line. According to a third embodiment, the disclosure provides a method of removing a deleterious chemical from a fiber optic line by introducing a vacuum in an inner volume of a sealed fiber optic line in a static or cyclical manner.