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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Takahisa Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Taguchi, Shiroi, JP;
Takahisa Kida, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Taguchi, Shiroi, JP;
Seikoh Giken Co., Ltd., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber connector cleaner () comprises a housing (), a winding means () and a delivery means () for a cleaning tape (T) which are disposed in the housing, a cleaning means () having a bar-like cleaning section () projecting outwardly of the housing, on the front-end of the cleaning section the cleaning tape delivered from the delivery means being movably mounted under tension in an exposed state, the front-end of the cleaning section being brought into contact with the end surface of an optical fiber connector to thereby clean the end surface, a cleaning section rotating means () coaxially connected to the cleaning section in the housing and rotatably supported with respect to the housing; and a transmission means () which rotates the winding means and the cleaning section rotating means substantially simultaneously in a predetermined direction through a predetermined angle and then reverses the cleaning section rotating means to its original position.