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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2020
Prysmian S.p.a., Milan, IT;
Clint Nicholaus Anderson, West Columbia, SC (US);
Ehsan Fallahmohammadi, Columbia, SC (US);
Prysmian S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A fiber separation tool is provided. The fiber separation tool includes a fin configured to maintain the fiber separation tool in a parallel orientation with respect to a plurality of fibers, a hook tip at a first end of the fin, wherein the hook tip is configured to separate the plurality of fibers, a blade disposed in the fin above the hook tip, wherein a portion of a cutting edge of the blade protrudes from a blade opening in the fin, and wherein the blade is configured to slice through a bonding material connecting the plurality of fibers, a lip at each side of the blade opening, wherein the lip is configured to prevent individual fibers of the plurality of fibers from contacting the blade, and a pivot point configured to guide the fiber separation tool between the individual fibers.