Optical fiber connector insertion and removal tool

An optical fiber connector tool for use in insertion and removal of an SC-type optical fiber connector, comprising:

• base means having a gripping surface to enable a user to securely hold said optical fiber connector tool;
• first and second parallel oriented arms extending from one end of said base means for grasping said SC-type optical fiber connector, said first and second arms each being tapered and having formed therein a track along an edge thereof;
• tip means affixed to an end of said first and second arms distal from said base means having first and second features formed therein for engaging corresponding features formed in a latch mechanism that is located on said SC-type optical fiber connector that is placed in said tip mechanism to release said latch mechanism;
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• wedge means slidably attached to said tapered surface of said first and second parallel oriented arms for controllably adjusting the magnitude of a force applied by said first and said second features of said tip means to said SC-type optical fiber connector by regulating a distance between said first and second arms, comprising:
• a box-shaped body that has an aperture formed therein through which said first and said second arms extend, said aperture having an opening in one side thereof, bounded by first and second lips which are formed in said box-shaped body to ride on said tracks formed in said first and second arms,
• wherein said first and said second arms are tapered so that as said box-shaped body is moved toward said tip means, said aperture forces said first and said second arms together, thereby engaging said first and said second features of said tip mechanism on said corresponding features formed in said latch mechanism of said SC-type optical fiber connector that is located in said tip mechanism.