Tool
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsNorio Sato, Kota Shikama, Yuzo Ishii, Ryo Nagase
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Abstract
The tool includes a first operation arm and a second operation arm. The first operation arm and the second operation arm can freely open and close each of tip end portions by an artificial operation. The first operation arm and the second operation arm are crossed at a pivot joint and pivotally provided to each other. Further, the tool includes a first grip portion and a second grip portion in the first operation arm and the second operation arm. In addition, the tool also includes a first chuck fixed to a tip end portion of the first operation arm, and a second chuck fixed to a tip end portion of the second operation arm.
Claims13
1-6. (canceled)
A tool, comprising:
- a first operation arm configured to be opened and closed at a first tip end portion thereof;
- a second operation arm configured to be opened and closed at a second tip end portion thereof;
- a first chuck formed of a first material attracted to a magnet by magnetic attraction force, the first chuck fixed to the first tip end portion of the first operation arm;
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- a second chuck formed of a second material attracted to the magnet by magnetic attraction force, the second chuck fixed to the second tip end portion of the second operation arm, wherein at least part of the magnet is configured to be moved away from a first optical connector in a state where the first chuck and the second chuck are attracted to the magnet, by the magnetic attraction force, in order to attract and connect the first optical connector to a second optical connector by operating the first operation arm and the second operation arm to close the first tip end portion of the first operation arm and the second tip end portion of the second operation arm.
A method, comprising:
- connecting, by a tool, first optical connector a second optical connector, wherein the tool comprises a first operation arm, a second operation arm, a first chuck formed of a first material attracted to a magnet by magnetic attraction force, the first chuck fixed to a first tip end portion of the first operation arm, and a second chuck formed of a second material attracted to the magnet by magnetic attraction force, the second chuck fixed to a second tip end portion of the second operation arm, wherein connecting the first optical connector to the second optical connector comprises:
- moving, by the magnetic attraction force, at least part of the magnet away from the first optical connector by operating the first operation arm and the second operation arm to close the first tip end portion of the first operation arm and the second tip end portion of the second operation arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.