Optical fiber cutter

An optical fiber cutter for cutting an optical fiber, the optical fiber cutter comprising:

• a cutter base;
• a slider movably provided on the cutter base;
• a blade member rotatably provided on the slider to scratch the optical fiber;
• a rotating body provided on the blade member to rotate integrally with the blade member;
• and
• a rotation control mechanism that controls rotation of the blade member,
• wherein the rotation control mechanism includes
• a main body rotatably provided in the cutter base, and
• a swinging portion that swings around a shaft provided in the cutter base in response to rotation of the main body, and
• the swinging portion swings to a first position at which the swinging portion comes into contact with the rotating body to rotate the blade member by a predetermined angle when the slider reaches a predetermined position and a second position at which the swinging portion does not come into contact with the rotating body at the predetermined position of the slider.