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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:
Dec. 11, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1988
Arnold E Gee, Williamsport, PA (US);
Jeffrey B Shank, Williamsport, PA (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
In a pocket fiber optic cleaver having an elongated substantially cylindrical body arrayed along a longitudinal body axis, the body having, in longitudinal sequence, a fiber entry port, a cut-length adjusting section, a cleaving area, and a waste fiber exit port, and including a cylindrical bore, concentric with the longitudinal axis for receiving an optical fiber, the improvement wherein the cleaving area comprises: a cleaving pad in the form of a cylindrical section whose longitudinal axis is arrayed orthogonal to the body axis; a spring loaded pivot arm adjacent the cleaving pad, the arm carrying a fiber scoring member and having its pivot point adjacent the exit port, the fiber scoring member being adjacent the cut-length area; and a pressure pad surrounding the scoring member on three sides, the open side facing the cut-length section.