Patent · US Expired

Optical fibre cleaving device

US7805045B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

10References

15Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jan Watte · Grimbergen, BE
Yvette Jogien Plaisier · Ekeren, BE
Jan Vandenbroeck · Aarschot, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 2006
Grant date	Sep 28, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/255
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mechanism for cleaving optical fibers, comprising fiber cleaving means and gripping members arranged to grip an optical fiber and to apply a pulling force to put the fiber under tension whilst the fiber is cleaved, wherein the gripping member(s) C are arranged to eject a cleaved-off part of the fiber F into a receptacle 49 once the fiber has been cleaved, and/or the fiber F is bent during cleaving by means of a rotatable double anvil 47 widely separated from the gripping members.

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