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Apparatus for mechanically splicing optic fibers

US8419297B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ADC GmbH · DE

Inventors

Brett Hoe Slater · Hornsby, AU
Brent David Allwood · Newcastle, AU
Bryce Nicholls · Green Point, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2011
Grant date	Apr 16, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for mechanically splicing two optic fiber cores, including two holder bodies, moveable relative to each other, each of which includes a retaining device configured to receive, and hold, end sections of said optic fiber cores; and a scoring device coupled with the holder bodies and operable to move along a trajectory relative to the holder bodies, each retaining device being arranged so that said end sections extend therefrom through said trajectory, wherein the scoring device scores the end sections of said optic fiber cores upon movement along the trajectory, and further movement of the scoring device along the trajectory forces the holder bodies away from each other to cleave the end sections of the optic fiber cores; and relative movement of the holder bodies brings cleaved end sections together to affect mechanical splicing of the optic fiber core.

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