Adaptors for a device for cleaning and polishing an optical fiber

A device for mechanically interfacing with a coupling for a fiber optic connector, the coupling having a pair of opposed receptacles, a first receptacle having a fiber optic connector mounted therein, the fiber optic connector being adapted to hold an optical fiber cable therewithin, the device comprising:

• a. an insert having a throughbore formed therein through an entire length of the insert, the insert adapted to be inserted within a second receptacle of the coupling, the insert throughbore having a center axis that is eccentric to an optical axis of the optical fiber when the insert is inserted within the second receptacle of the coupling;
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• b. an adaptor having a throughbore formed therein through an entire length of the adaptor, the adaptor throughbore having a center axis that is concentric to the optical axis of the optical fiber when the insert is inserted within the second receptacle of the coupling, an inner surface of the adaptor throughbore being adapted to fit over a portion of an outer surface of the insert.

A device for mechanically interfacing with a fiber optic connector that is adapted to hold an optical fiber cable in a ferrule portion of the connector, the device comprising:

• a. an insert having a throughbore formed therein throughout an entire length of the insert, the insert throughbore having a center axis that is eccentric to an optical axis of the optical fiber disposed within the ferrule;
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• b. an adaptor having a throughbore formed therein throughout an entire length of the adaptor, the adaptor throughbore having a center axis that is concentric to the optical axis of the optical fiber that is held in the ferule portion of the connector, an inner surface of the adaptor throughbore being adapted to fit over a portion of an outer surface of the insert, a portion of the adaptor throughbore being adapted to fit over the ferrule portion of the connector.