Portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber

A portable device for processing an optical fiber, the portable device comprising:

• a portable housing defining a fiber insertion opening for allowing an optical fiber to be inserted into the housing along a fiber insertion axis;
• a fiber stripping station within the housing for autonomously stripping the optical fiber;
• a fiber cleaving station within the housing for autonomously cleaving the optical fiber;
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• a continuous reel waste collection device that captures debris generated from stripping and cleaving operations and encloses the debris in the form of a tape sandwich.

A portable device for processing an optical fiber, the portable device comprising:

• a portable housing defining a fiber insertion opening for allowing an optical fiber to be inserted into the housing along a fiber insertion axis;
• a fiber stripping station within the housing for autonomously stripping the optical fiber;
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• a fiber cleaving station within the housing for autonomously cleaving the optical fiber;
• wherein the fiber stripping station includes heated clamping members that are moveable between an open position and a closed position, and wherein the portable device includes a continuous reel waste collection device including tapes dispensed from dispensing reels and routed between the heated clamping members, the tapes being adapted to capture debris generated from stripping and cleaving operations and enclose the debris between the tapes in the form of a tape sandwich.

A portable device for processing an optical fiber, the portable device comprising:

• a portable housing defining a fiber insertion opening for allowing an optical fiber to be inserted into the housing along a fiber insertion axis;
• a fiber stripping station within the housing for autonomously stripping the optical fiber;
• a fiber cleaving station within the housing for autonomously cleaving the optical fiber;
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• a connector installation station within the housing for autonomously affixing connector bodies to optical fibers, the connector installation station including a plurality of the connector bodies including heat recoverable members for affixing the connector bodies to optical fibers, and wherein the connector installation station includes a heat distribution means for transferring heat to the heat recoverable members.

A portable device for processing an optical fiber, the portable device comprising:

• a portable housing defining a fiber insertion opening for allowing an optical fiber to be inserted into the housing along a fiber insertion axis;
• a fiber stripping station within the housing for autonomously stripping the optical fiber;
• a fiber cleaving station within the housing for autonomously cleaving the optical fiber;
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• guide means adapted to draw tape to feed the optical fiber with the tape and to sandwich the optical fiber in the tape with the movement of the tape, wherein the movement speed of the tape is higher than an insertion speed of the optical fiber.