Optical waveguides – With splice – Fusion splicing
Patent
1992-04-02
1993-09-28
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With splice
Fusion splicing
385 97, 21912111, G02B 638
Patent
active
052492478
ABSTRACT:
Simple and inexpensive optical fibre splicing apparatus comprises a splicing station comprising a fibre support table and a pair of electrodes; high voltage circuitry for striking an arc; clamp assemblies at opposite ends of the table for holding end parts of aligned fibres on the table with their end faces spaced a predetermined distance apart between the electrodes, a part of at least one of the clamp assemblies being constrained to move towards and away from the other; mechanical means for controlling movement of the part of the movable clamp assembly; and a firing button for actuating the high voltage circuitry and mechanical control means. Preferably, a low voltage power source is housed in a casing separately formed with respect to the casing of the splicing station and is connected to the high voltage circuitry of the splicing station by a flexible cable.
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Barns Stephen W.
Bicc plc
Casella Anthony J.
Hespos Gerald E.
Lee John D.
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