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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Scott Thomas Robinson, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Masatsugu Itano, Seattle, WA (US);
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, NY (US);
Abstract
An adapter for an optical fiber cleaver for cleaving optical fiber. The optical fiber cleaver includes an opening therein for receiving a connector ferrule of a first category fiber connector containing an unsheathed optical fiber end portion extending therebeyond. The optical fiber cleaver is designed to cleave a portion of the unsheathed optical fiber end portion extending beyond the connector ferrule. The adapter has a tail piece which can hold an unsheathed optical fiber end portion to be cleaved to a selected length prior to insertion into a second category fiber connector. The tail piece has a diameter similar to the ferrule for insertion into the cleaver opening and a length selected to produce a cleaved unsheathed optical fiber end portion of a length needed for the second category fiber connector different than the length cut by the cleaver for the first category fiber connector.