Tool for preforming a section of a tubular connector
US4004446A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3809
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tool for preforming a section of a tubular connector, the connector used for joining two optical fibres in end to end relationship. A plurality of forming members extend radially in a holder and spaced circumferentially around the tubular member support means supports a mandrel in the bore of the tubular member, coaxially thereof, and cams push the forming members radially inward to form a plurality of lobes in the section of the tubular member. The radially inward extremities of the lobes are pushed into contact with the mandrel to define a central bore for reception of the uncoated ends of the fibres. The forming members having a Vee formation with an inclined face at each end of the Vee formation.
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