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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1986
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey B Shank, Williamsport, PA (US);
Timmy D Troutman, Lock Haven, PA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
225 965 ; 225-2 ; 225101 ;
Abstract
A fiber optic cleaving tool includes, as one half of a clamping member, an elongated cleaver base pad which has one end fixed to an anvil which is mounted adjacent a cutter blade. The base pad includes alignment means, which can be upraised walls, for removably receiving a fiber guide pad having a groove therein for accepting a specific size of optical fiber. To work with a different fiber size, only the fiber guide pad is replaced, and thus the necessary critical alignment of the fiber with the cutting blade is maintained.