Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Switch
Patent
1994-05-10
1995-07-25
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Switch
385 17, 385 24, 385 25, 385 31, 385 39, 385 53, 385 55, 385 71, 385 72, 385 77, 385 78, 385139, 901 16, 901 47, G02B 626, G02B 628, B25J 1100
Patent
active
054369878
ABSTRACT:
A transmission line switching apparatus comprises an optical fiber connecting board for holding a plurality of first optical fibers, an optical fiber arranging board, arranged apart from the connecting board with a predetermined spacing between them in the horizontal direction, for holding a plurality of second optical fibers, and a robot for handling the second fibers. Each second optical fiber extends to the connecting board through the arranging board, and the distal end of the second optical fiber is detachably attached to the connecting board so as to be selectively connected to one of the first optical fibers. When the distal end of the second optical fiber is attached to the connecting board, the second optical fiber is laterally extended in a loosened state between the two boards. In this state, the entangled states of the second optical fibers near the two boards are sparser than that in the intermediate position between the two boards. Therefore, the robot can easily handle the second optical fiber.
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Kobayashi Hideo
Saito Kazuhito
Sato Makoto
Healy Brian
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
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