Reinforcement sleeve heating device and fusion splicing machine
US12197010B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/2553
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A reinforcement sleeve heating device is a reinforcement sleeve heating device heating a reinforcement sleeve put on a connecting site to shrink the reinforcement sleeve in order to reinforce the connecting site of optical fibers fusion-spliced to each other. The reinforcement sleeve heating device includes: a heating element forming a housing space, the housing space extending in a predetermined direction, the housing space being opened in one direction intersecting with the predetermined direction, the housing space being capable of disposing the reinforcement sleeve, and a cover disposed at a position at which at least a part of the opening of the housing space. In a state in which the reinforcement sleeve is disposed in the housing space, the cover includes a contact surface brought into contact with the reinforcement sleeve in a direction of pushing the reinforcement sleeve into an inside of the housing space.
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