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US 2022/0187545 A1Published application
Cleaning tool and method for manufacturing cleaning tool
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorJunichi Nakane
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Abstract
A cleaning tool includes a head, a take-up reel, a driven roller, and a passthrough component. The head presses a cleaning element, having a tape shape, onto an optical connector. The take-up reel reels the cleaning element retrieved from the head. The driven roller guides the cleaning element on a convey path from the head to the take-up reel. The pass-through component includes a slit through which the cleaning element is extended, and the pass-through component is located between the driven rollers and the take-up reel.
Claims8
A cleaning tool comprising:
- a head that presses a cleaning element having a tape shape, onto an optical connector;
- a take-up reel that reels the cleaning element retrieved from the head;
- one or more driven rollers that guide the cleaning element on a convey path from the head to the take-up reel;
- and
- a pass-through component with a slit through which the cleaning element is extended, the pass-through component being disposed between the one or more driven rollers and the take-up reel.
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A method for manufacturing a cleaning tool for cleaning an optical connector,
- the cleaning tool comprising:
- a head that presses a cleaning element having a tape shape onto the optical connector,
- a take-up reel that reels the cleaning element retrieved from the head,
- one or more driven rollers that guide the cleaning element on a convey path from the head to the take-up reel, and
- a pass-through component with a slit through which the cleaning element is extended, the pass-through component being disposed between the one or more driven rollers and the take-up reel,
- the method comprising:
- rotatably disposing the one or more driven rollers on a rotation shaft of the cleaning tool;
- and
- inserting the cleaning element through the pass-through component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.