Agency of Industrial Science and Technology

Mitsunori Saitoh

Kyoshiro Imagawa

Shiro Sakuragi

Haruo Kotani

A mechanism for cooling optical fibers which include optical fibers, metal netting wound around the fibers to conduct heat therefrom, and a sheath in which the fibers and netting are inserted. In accordance with one embodiment, the sheath and netting are spaced from each other so as to permit cooling air to flow therebetween to cool the fibers. In another embodiment, the netting is connected to a cooler by a heat connected element so that heat in the fibers is drawn to the cooler through the heat conductive element to cool the fibers.

Cooling mechanism for optical fiber

A construction for holding optical fibers, in which at least one of the ends of an optical fiber in a cable is a free end which is slidably and rotatively mounted to a hand piece at an end of the cable so as to prevent breakage of the optical fiber during bending of the cable.

Growing community of inventors

Kyoto, Japan

Mitsunori Saitoh