An apparatus and method are introduced for preventing a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber wound on the same spool from interfering from one another. The apparatus comprises an annulus having an inner edge, an outer edge, and an annular width consisting of the distance, measured radially,...http://www.google.de/patents/US6263142?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6263142 - Method and apparatus for separating optical fibers
