Splicing device for welding optical fibers
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRudolf Brugger, Dieter Krause
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Abstract
A splicing device for welding optical fibers in or close to optical components, in particular optical fiber plug connectors, comprises a first receptacle for the optical component and the associated first optical fiber, an axial adjustable second receptacle for the second optical fiber, an optical device for observing the optical fiber ends to be welded, and two electrodes arranged at a distance from each other, with the first receptacle being mounted so that it can pivot about a pivot axis that is aligned parallel to an axial direction in such a way that the end of the first optical fiber that is located in or close to the optical component can be pivoted in between the two electrodes.
Claims12
A splicing device for welding optical fibers in or close to optical components, which include optical fiber plug connectors, said device comprising:
- a first receptacle for the optical component and an associated first optical fiber;
- a second receptacle for a second optical fiber, said second receptacle being adjustable in an axial direction of the optical fibers to be welded;
- an optical device for observing the ends to be welded of the optical fibers;
- two electrodes, which are arranged at a distance from each other and effect the welding of the optical fibers by igniting an arc;
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- means for mounting the first receptacle to pivot about a pivot axis that is aligned parallel to the axial direction so that an end of the first optical fiber, which is located in or close to the optical component, can be pivoted to a position in between the two electrodes from a position removed from a welding zone of the two electrodes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.