SINGLE-CORE SEPARATING TOOL FOR RIBBON OF OPTICAL FIBERS AND ITS SINGLE-CORE SEPARATING METHOD

• Main Authors: MIYASHITA AKIRA, HOKARI KAZUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.02.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a separating tool for a ribbon of optical fibers and its separating method which can separate the ribbon of optical fibers at its intermediate part without exerting any influence such as a momentary break due to an increase in the light loss on other optical fibers in communication in the same ribbon of optical fibers when the ribbon is divided. SOLUTION: The single-core separating tool A for the ribbon of optical fibers is equipped with a positioning guide part 9 which sets the position of the ribbon 4 of optical fibers constituted by arranging a plurality of single-core concentrically-coated optical fibers 7 in parallel and providing a ribbon type coating 8 around them and a plurality of cutting blades 11 which are arranged on at least one of the top and reverse surfaces of the ribbon of optical fibers set by the positioning guide part and cut the ribbon type coating of the ribbon of optical fibers; and the cutting blades 11 are arranged corresponding to positions between the single-core coated optical fibers 7.