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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1989
Robert Schlingensiepen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Frank H Levinson, Redwood City, CA (US);
Raychem Corp., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for terminating an optical fiber includes a resiliently deformable spherical member disposed in contact with a front end of a bore of an optical fiber contact body. Subsequent to softening an adhesive disposed within the contact body bore, an optical fiber is inserted through the bore and the adhesive until the fiber contacts the blocking member and deforms it. The resiliency of the blocking member causes adhesive to be wiped off the front face of the fiber being terminated and into an annulus formed between an outer cylindrical surface of the fiber and an inner cylindrical surface of the bore, and causes the fiber front end to be recessed a predetermined amount from a front end of the contact body.