Optical fiber termination tool
AssigneeThe Siemon Company
InventorsKevin John Stronkowsky, David A. Medeiros, Scott Robert Nagel, John E. Gogol, JR., Anthony Veatch
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Abstract
An optical fiber termination tool includes a tool base having a pocket to receive a mechanical splice optical fiber connector; a lever hingedly connected to the tool base, the lever including a wedge; and a slide mounted to the lever, the slide slidable relative to the lever, the slide movable from a first position to a second position to move the wedge from a disengaged position to an engaged position.
Claims10
An optical fiber termination tool comprising:
- a tool base having a pocket to receive a mechanical splice optical fiber connector;
- a lever hingedly connected to the tool base, the lever including a wedge;
- and
- a slide mounted to the lever, the slide slidable relative to the lever, the slide movable from a first position to a second position to move the wedge from a disengaged position to an engaged position.
A method for terminating an optical fiber to a mechanical splice optical fiber connector using an optical fiber termination tool comprising a tool base having a pocket to receive the mechanical splice optical fiber connector, a lever hingedly connected to the tool base, the lever including a wedge and a slide mounted to the lever, the slide slidable relative to the lever, the slide movable from a first position to a second position to move the wedge from a disengaged position to an engaged position, the method comprising:
- moving the lever to an open position;
- placing the mechanical splice optical fiber connector in the pocket;
- moving the lever to a closed position;
- moving the slide from the first position to the second position;
- inserting an optical fiber into the mechanical splice optical fiber connector;
- moving the slide from the second position to the first position;
- and
- moving the lever to the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.