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US 12,222,558 B2Granted
Optical connector cleaning tool
AssigneeNTT Advanced Technology Corporation
InventorsShuichiro Asakawa, Kenta Arai, Etsu Hashimoto
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Abstract
An optical connector cleaning tool includes a cleaning portion pressed against a coupling end face of an optical connector, a container storing a cleaning liquid, and an atomizer spraying the cleaning liquid to the cleaning portion.
Claims4
An optical connector cleaning tool comprising:
- a cleaning portion configured to be pressed against a coupling end face of an optical connector;
- a container configured to store a cleaning liquid;
- and
- an atomizer configured to atomize the cleaning liquid stored in the container and spray the cleaning liquid directly to the cleaning portion.
1 more element
An optical connector cleaning tool comprising:
- a cleaning portion configured to be pressed against a coupling end face of an optical connector;
- a container configured to store a cleaning liquid;
- an atomizer configured to atomize the cleaning liquid stored in the container and spray the cleaning liquid directly or indirectly to the cleaning portion;
- and
- a control circuit configured to control an operation time of the atomizer.
2 more elements
An optical connector cleaning tool comprising:
- a cleaning portion configured to be pressed against a coupling end face of an optical connector;
- a container configured to store a cleaning liquid;
- an atomizer configured to atomize the cleaning liquid stored in the container and spray the cleaning liquid directly or indirectly to the cleaning portion;
- a start signal generation unit configured to output a signal of a start of cleaning;
- and
- an actuator configured to apply a cleaning operation to the cleaning portion,
- wherein the atomizer starts atomization of the cleaning liquid when the start signal generation unit outputs the signal, and
- the actuator applies the cleaning operation to the cleaning portion when the cleaning portion is humidified by the mist of the cleaning liquid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.