US 2011/0220294 A1 · METHOD OF PROCESSING TERMINUS OF OPTICAL FIBER AND TERMINUS PROCESSING TOOL

Abstract

Provides a method and a terminus processing tool whereby terminus processing for the purpose of connection to another optical fiber may be carried out simply. The terminus processing method entails cutting an optical fiber 20 composed of a glass fiber 21 and a coating 24; and with the optical fiber 20 positioned relative to a terminus processing tool that is disposed contacting the coating at the end surface of the optical fiber 20 and that has a protruded-into space for accommodating inward protrusion of the glass fiber 21, and with the cut end surface of the glass fiber 21 facing the protruded-into space, pushing the optical fiber 20 to thereby strip the coating 24 from the glass fiber 21.

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Dependent claims

A method of processing a terminus of an optical fiber, comprising:

cutting an optical fiber composed of a glass fiber and a coating;
and
pushing the optical fiber against a coating removing edge of a terminus processing tool and thereby removing the coating from the glass fiber, the coating removing edge of the terminal processing tool being adapted to contact the coating at an end surface of the optical fiber, the coating removing edge surrounding a gap such that as the optical fiber moves past the coating removing edge, an exposed portion of the glass fiber moves into the gap.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of processing terminus of optical fiber and terminus processing tool

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Method of processing terminus of optical fiber and terminus processing tool

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Abstract

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