Cleaning tool with attachment, attachment, and cleaning tool
US11841500B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/381
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An attachment cleaning tool includes: a cleaning tool; and an attachment detachably attached to the cleaning tool. The cleaning tool includes: cleaning bodies that clean connection end surfaces of ferrules of an optical connector; head members each that press the cleaning bodies against the connection end surfaces; nozzle members that respectively accommodate the head members; a feeding mechanism that supplies and withdraws the cleaning bodies with respect to the head members; and an accommodating body which accommodates the feeding mechanism. Each of the connection members of the attachment includes: an attachment portion attached to a tip portion of each of the nozzle members; and a tubular portion that protrudes from the attachment portion in a longitudinal direction of the nozzle members and into which one of the ferrules is inserted. The connection members move following a relative movement of the nozzle members in the lateral direction.
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