Optical fiber coating removing device

• Main Authors: MIZUNO SHUNICHI, HATTORI KAZUNARI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.09.2006
• Subjects: CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING,CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SEVERING; TRANSPORTING

An object of the invention is to provide an optical fiber coating removing apparatus which can remove coating from an optical fiber preform without damaging the optical fiber surface. The apparatus is excellent in workability because positioning or the like for coating removal easily. The invention provides an optical fiber coating removing apparatus for holding coating 1 b of an end portion of an optical fiber 1 between a pair of coating removing blades and removing the coating 1 b from the optical fiber 1 with the pair of the blades. In each blade 11, 11 ', a blade pressing plate 12, 12 ', a semicircular blade 13, 13 ' having a semicircular eating blade portion 13 a, and a flat blade 14, 14 ' having a straight-line eating blade portion 14 a having a triangular section are integrally laminated onto a blade bearing plate 15, 15 ' in that order. The coating 1 b is removed without damaging the surface of the optical fiber.