Easy-to-clean optical connector system
AssigneeFramatome Connectors International
InventorFabrice Lecomte
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Abstract
In order to make an optical connector (1, 4), particularly the female part (4) thereof, easier to clean, it is provided that, upon disconnection, ferrules (5) embedded in the female cavities (9) of the complementary connector are drawn flush (7) with the complementary connector by sliding the sleeve (6) which forms it. It is shown how, by this arrangement, optical connectors may be cleaned more frequently and easily. The connector is improved by providing a clip (37) which accommodates a pusher at the end of its pushing stroke.
Claims11
An optical connector system comprising on the one hand a connector (1) bearing a first set of ferrules (2) and on the other hand a complementary connector (4) having, in coincidence therewith, a second set of ferrules (5) sticking out of a sliding sleeve (6) which is capable of taking two positions, a disconnecting position in which the sleeve is retracted on the complementary connector and exposes the ends of the second ferrules, and a connecting position, in which the sleeve is advanced on the complementary connector and forms the female receptacle (9) for the connector, characterized in that the connector has a fixed pusher (12) and in that the complementary connector has a moving assembly (14) which bears the second set of ferrules and is provided with an adjusting clip (37) abutting on the pusher during the passage from the disconnecting position to the connecting position and which surrounds one end of this pusher in the connecting position.
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