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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Shunichi Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunari Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunari Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the invention is to provide an optical fiber coating removing apparatus which can remove coating from an optical fiber preform without damaging the optical fiber surface. The apparatus is excellent in workability because positioning or the like for coating removal easily. The invention provides an optical fiber coating removing apparatus for holding coatingof an end portion of an optical fiberbetween a pair of coating removing blades and removing the coatingfrom the optical fiberwith the pair of the blades. In each blade', a blade pressing plate′, a semicircular blade′ having a semicircular eating blade portionand a flat blade′ having a straight-line eating blade portionhaving a triangular section are integrally laminated onto a blade bearing plate′ in that order. The coatingis removed without damaging the surface of the optical fiber.