Optical fiber coating removal device, external device, optical fiber coating removal system, and optical fiber coating removal method
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorNoriyuki KAWANISHI
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Abstract
An optical fiber coating removal device which heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade includes a communicator which receives information based on optical fiber type information to specify an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types, transmitted from an external device to which the optical fiber type information has been input, and a heater which heats a coating of an optical fiber using the received information based on the optical fiber type information. The heater can heat a coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.
Claims16
An optical fiber coating removal device that heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, comprising:
- a communicator that receives information based on optical fiber type information that specifies an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types, transmitted from an external device to which the optical fiber type information has been input;
- and
- the heater that heats the coating of the optical fiber using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, wherein
- the heater heats the coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.
An external device that inputs information used for heating a coating in an optical fiber coating removal device that heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, comprising:
- an inputter that inputs optical fiber type information that specifies an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types;
- and
- a communicator that transmits information based on the input optical fiber type information, wherein
- the optical fiber coating removal device heats the coating of the optical fiber with the heater using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, and
- the heater heats the coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.
An optical fiber coating removal system, comprising:
- an optical fiber coating removal device that heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade;
- and
- an external device that inputs information used for heating a coating in the optical fiber coating removal device, wherein
- the external device includes:
- an inputter that inputs optical fiber type information that specifies an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types;
- and
- a communicator that transmits information based on the input optical fiber type information,
- the optical fiber coating removal device includes:
- a communicator that receives information based on the optical fiber type information transmitted from the external device;
- and
- the heater that heats the coating of the optical fiber using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, and
- the heater heats the coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information.
An optical fiber coating removal method using an optical fiber coating removal device that heats a coating of an optical fiber with a heater and removes the coating with a blade, and an external device that inputs information used for heating a coating in the optical fiber coating removal device, comprising:
- an input step that inputs optical fiber type information that specifies an optical fiber type selected by a user from among a plurality of optical fiber types, executed by the external device;
- a first communication step that transmits information based on the input optical fiber type information;
- a second communication step that receives information based on the optical fiber type information transmitted from the external device, executed by the optical fiber coating removal device;
- and
- a coating heat step that heats the coating of an optical fiber with the heater using the received information based on the optical fiber type information, wherein
- the heater heats the coating under a plurality of conditions according to the optical fiber type information in the coating heat step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.