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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1991
James A Aberson, Jr, Atlanta, GA (US);
Scott T Davies, Norcross, GA (US);
George F DeVeau, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Joseph K Lo, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber splicing device (20) includes a glass cylindrically shaped capillary tube member (24) having a passageway formed therethrough eccentrically of the longitudinal axis of the capillary tube member. The capillary tube member is provided with a slot (86) such that a portion of the passageway in the form of a groove (88) extends across a planar surface (87) formed by the slot. The capillary tube member is mounted in a housing (22) which is made of a material and formed to provide a lens opposite to the slot to facilitate visual inspection of ends of end portions of two optical fibers which are positioned in the groove. A spring clamp (26) is mounted to the housing in a first position spaced from the planar surface to allow insertion of fiber end portions into the groove. The clamp is moveable to a second position where it is secured to the housing in a position which causes a portion of the clamp to engage the fiber end portions along at least a portion of the planar surface to hold the fiber end portions in secured alignment with each other.