Device and method for inserting an optical fiber onto a bobbin
AssigneeConductix Wampfler France
InventorMichel Grillet
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device (6) for inserting an optical fiber (100) through a port (110) in a rim (11) of a bobbin, characterized in that along the direction in which the optical fiber runs, the device comprises: a system (60, 61) for moving the optical fiber along, a tool (63) for cutting the optical fiber, a first optical fiber-guiding element (65) comprising a slot, the base (650) of which defines a curve between an inlet (651) facing the moving system (60, 61) and an outlet (652) that is to face the port (110) in the rim of the bobbin.
Claims7
A device for inserting an optical fiber through a port arranged in a rim of a bobbin, comprising, along a direction in which the optical fiber runs:
- a system configured for moving the optical fiber;
- a tool configured for cutting the optical fiber;
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- a first optical fiber-guiding element comprising a slot, a base of which defines a curve between an inlet facing the moving system and an outlet configured to face the port in the rim of the bobbin.
A machine for producing an optical fiber, comprising
- an insertion device, wherein the insertion device includes:
- a system configured for moving the optical fiber,
- a tool configured for cutting the optical fiber, and
- a first optical fiber-guiding element comprising a slot, a base of which defines a curve between an inlet facing the moving system and an outlet configured to face the port in the rim of a bobbin.
A method for inserting an optical fiber through a port arranged in a rim of a bobbin, comprising:
- providing a device for inserting an optical fiber through a port, wherein the device includes:
- a system configured for moving the optical fiber,
- a tool configured for cutting the optical fiber, and
- a first optical fiber-guiding element comprising a slot, a base of which defines a curve between an inlet facing the moving system and an outlet configured to face the port in the rim of the bobbin, wherein the port is positioned facing the outlet of the first guiding element;
- inserting the optical fiber into the moving system;
- cutting the optical fiber by the cutting tool;
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- moving the end of the optical fiber along towards the inlet for the first guiding element and the guiding of the optical fiber in the slot up to the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.