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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
May. 14, 1993
Tsutomu Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhito Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Kazumasa Ozawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shunichi Mizuno, Yokohama, JP;
Izumi Sankawa, Mito, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical switch comprising a fiber arranging member having a substrate 1 with a plurality of fiber fixing grooves formed in an upper surface thereof, first optical fibers 2 fixed in the fiber fixing grooves, and a convey mechanism 5 for conveying a second optical fiber 6 to be connected to a corresponding first optical fiber 2 to a corresponding fiber fixing groove, wherein fiber introduction grooves 1h for guiding the end portion of the second optical fiber 6 are formed at the end portions of the fiber fixing grooves that fix the end portions of the first optical fibers 2.