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US 2020/0271869 A1Published application
Optical fiber connection system including optical fiber alignment device with optical fiber cleaner
AssigneeCommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
InventorsJan WATTE, Stefano BERI, Danny Willy August VERHEYDEN, Sangram Keshari SAMAL, Ana Margarida DOAMARAL CARDOSO DOS SANTOS, Peter Martha DUBRUEL, Ana NEDELCHEVA HRISTOVA
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to system and method for cleaning an end face of a bare optical fiber (100). The system and methods include inserting the end face of the bare optical fiber (100) through a layer of material (500) that includes electrospun fibers.
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An optical fiber alignment system comprising:
- an alignment device extending between first and second fiber insertion regions, the alignment device defining an alignment groove that extends between the first and second fiber insertion regions, the alignment groove defining a fiber insertion path between the first and second fiber insertion regions;
- an engagement member disposed opposite the alignment groove;
- a biasing member that extends over the engagement member so that the engagement member is disposed between the biasing member and the alignment groove, the biasing member applying a spring bias to the engagement member to bias the engagement member towards the alignment groove sufficient to at least partially close the fiber insertion path, whereby an optical fiber displaces the engagement member against the spring bias to open the fiber insertion path when the optical fiber is moved within the alignment groove along the fiber insertion path;
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- gel disposed within the alignment device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.