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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Shinsuke Kurino, Yokohama, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber cleaving apparatus includes: a main body on which an optical fiber having a predetermined length of a glass fiber portion exposed at a tip is placed; a cover member which fixes the optical fiber between the cover member and the main body; a blade member which scratches the glass fiber portion of the fixed optical fiber; and a breaking member which breaks the glass fiber portion at the scratched portion. The optical fiber cleaving apparatus further includes a retreat member which moves a broken end portion of the optical fiber to a position that does not contact with the blade member.