Cleaving apparatus and method
US4667862A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 1985 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T225/357
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus for cleaving an optical fibre (115) under axial tension, is provided with a cleaver blade (116) which is mounted as part of a rotatable cleaver assembly. The assembly is balanced about its axis of rotation and, as described, comprises a wheel (117) mounted on an axle (138). The cleaver blade (116) is attached to an arm which extends radially from the wheel (117). A hair spring (304) drives the assembly. The cleaving apparatus finds particular application in cleaving monomode fibres under normal working, rather than laboratory, conditions.
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