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AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsKatsuya Nagayama, Toshifumi Hosoya, Yutaka Wada, Ichiro Yoshimura, Yasuo Matsuda, Yuji Kobayashi
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A method, for screening an optical fiber, and an apparatus for carrying out the method, in which two sucking nozzles and a tape sticking device are provided to automatically perform processing of the end portions of the optical fiber; and an automatic fiber transporting/mounting device is provided to transport the succeeding portion of the optical fiber to the winding roll and mount, it on the winding roll; dancer rolls are provided in the longitudinal direction of an arm; and supporting rolls are movable between the path line of the optical fiber and a position removed from the path line.
A method for screening an optical fiber in which a screening roll, for breaking and removing a low strength portion of the optical fiber by applying tensile force thereto, is disposed between a capstan wheel around which the traveling optical fiber is wound and a winding roll around which the optical fiber fed out from said capstan wheel is wound, and a first sucking device and a second sucking device are disposed downstream of said capstan wheel and upstream of said winding roll, respectively, said method comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for automatically screening a optical fiber having a capstan reel around which an optical fiber is wound, a winding roller around which the optical fiber fed out from said capstan wheel is wound, a screening roll for breaking and removing a weak portion of the optical fiber by applying tensile force between said capstan wheel and said winding roll, and a plurality of dancer rolls, disposed between said screening roll and said winding roll and mounted on a pivotable arm, for absorbing a fluctuation of a feed-out speed of the optical fiber and a tensile force applied thereto due to a pivotal motion of said arm, said apparatus further comprising:
An apparatus for automatically screening an optical fiber having a capstan wheel around which the optical fiber is wound, a winding roll around which the optical fiber fed out from said capstan wheel is wound, and a screening roll for breaking and removing a low strength portion of the optical fiber by applying tensile force thereto at least between said capstan wheel and said winding roll, said apparatus further comprising:
An apparatus for automatically screening an optical fiber having a capstan wheel and a winding roll around which the optical fiber fed out from said capstan wheel is wound, a screening roll for breaking and removing a low strength portion of the optical fiber by applying tensile force thereto between said capstan wheel and said winding roll, a plurality of dancer rollers, disposed between said screening roll and said winding roll and mounted to a pivotable arm, for absorbing a fluctuation of a feed-out speed of the optical fiber and tensile force applied thereto due to a pivotal motion of said arm, a first sucking device, disposed downstream of said capstan wheel in a transporting direction of the optical fiber, for sucking the optical fiber when the optical fiber has been broken, stopping means for stopping an operation of said capstan wheel when the optical fiber has been broken, and automatic transporting and mounting means for transporting a succeeding portion of the optical fiber to said winding roll when the operation of said capstan wheel is stopped as a result of the breakage of the optical fiber, said apparatus further comprising:
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