Cleaning tool for optical fiber connectors
AssigneeNTT Advanced Technology Corporation
InventorsTaisei Miyake, Ai Fukuhara, Juichi Noda, Etsuji Sugita, Hitoshi Goto, Isao Iwakane, Kou Niida, Yuji Takaoka
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Abstract
The cleaning tool for optical fiber connectors exposes the cleaning sheet in the window for cleaning of the case. The winding pulley winds the cleaning sheet with rotating in a constant pitch. A rotation mechanism operated by lever rotates the winding pulley. In the case, a first front plate and a second front plate is closed off by a perimeter walls along their outline. The case has the opened portion opening a part of the perimeter wall, and the lever is disposed in the opened portion to be able to incline.
Claims30
A cleaning tool for optical fiber connectors comprising:
- a cleaning sheet;
- a case formed in a box shape, which retains the cleaning sheet inside and exposes a part of the cleaning sheet in a window for cleaning, having a form that is closed off a outline of a first front plate and a second front plate with a perimeter wall;
- a winding pulley disposed between the first front plate and the second front plate of the case, winding the cleaning sheet in a constant pitch;
- a rotating mechanism rotating the winding pulley;
- and
- a lever joined to the rotating mechanism, disposed in an opened portion formed in the perimeter wall of the case to be able to incline, and attached to the case to be able to incline around a incline axis rectangular to the surfaces of the first front plate and the second front plate;
- wherein
- operating the lever to incline rotates the winding pulley by the rotating mechanism, and winding the cleaning sheet of the winding pulley moves the cleaning sheet in the window for cleaning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.