Method and a device for cutting a plurality of light waveguides united in a cable
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHelmut Muerkl
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for cutting each light waveguide of a plurality of light waveguides which are assembled in a cable of light waveguides characterized by an anvil positioned between a pair of common clamps for holding the waveguides parallel to each other with one clamp being biased away from the other clamp, a lifting device for lifting each of the light waveguides sequentially one after another so that the lifted waveguide carries all of the tension provided by the force acting on the moveable clamp and a notching device for simultaneously notching or scratching the lifted waveguide to cause separation of the waveguide at the notch.
Claims13
A method for cutting each light waveguide of a plurality of light waveguides which are assembled in a cable of light waveguides comprising the steps of clamping each of the light waveguides at a first point, clamping each of the light waveguides at a second point spaced from the first point in a common clamp, positioning the light waveguides extending between the first and second points over an anvil with each of the light waveguides being parallel to one another, applying a force to bias the common clamp away from the first point, sequentially lifting each of the light waveguides of the plurality of waveguides so that each lifted light waveguide is prestressed by supporting the entire force to bias the common clamp and while the waveguide is being lifted, notching each prestressed waveguide at a point of contact with the anvil to cause separation of each of the waveguides at its notch.
A device for cutting each of the light waveguides of a plurality of light waveguides which are assembled together in a cable, said device comprising an anvil positioned between a pair of common clamps for holding the waveguides parallel to each other, at least one of said clamps being moveable, means for biasing the moveable clamp away from the other clamp, means for sequentially lifting each of the light waveguides one after another so that the lifted waveguide carries all of the tension provided by the means for biasing the moveable clamp and means for simultaneously notching the lifted waveguide to cause separation of the waveguide at said notch.
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