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Universal polishing fixture for holding connectors

US5711701A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 26, 1996
Grant dateJan 27, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB24B19/226
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A polishing fixture (20) having nests (48) for releasably holding optical fiber connectors during polishing, inclined beams (44a) being deflectable to narrow the nests (48) and hold optical fiber connectors received in the nests (48), and a force transmitting body (26) avoiding jamming against the inclined beams (44a) by being moveable beside each of the beams (44a) in a direction that unopposes the direction toward which deflected portions of the inclined beams (44a) point.

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