Fiber optic terminator tool

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1998-02-02

2000-02-15

Peterson, Kenneth E.

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Other than completely through work thickness or through work...

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225965, B26F 140

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060240040

ABSTRACT:
A terminating tool for scribing a cleavage line on an optical fiber, which is made of a brittle material, the tool holds the fiber in two locations. A connector for the outer sleeve covering the fiber is supported at one location, and the other support includes a bar that compresses the fiber against an anvil through a resilient material. A scribing disc is mounted on a flexible arm and is slid transverse the fiber at a location so the disc engages a portion of the fiber periphery as the flexible arm deflects to permit the disc to move transversely to the fiber. A slide mounts the flexible arm carrying the disc, and the slide is moved through a second flexible link to reduce the transmission of unwanted motions to the slide, so that an accurate scribe line can be made on the fiber.

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Automatic Tool & Connector Co. drawing CT-06, Cleave Tool (public use at least 1995).
Automatic Tool & Connector Co. "Proudly Presents . . . The Terminator", published 1995.

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