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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Masakazu Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuichiro Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Hisao Yui, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Takayanagi, Yokohama, JP;
Masakazu Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuichiro Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Hisao Yui, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Takayanagi, Yokohama, JP;
SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber reinforcing heating deviceA is equipped with a base part, while the base partis provided with a sleeve accommodation groove that contains a fiber reinforcement sleeve and a heater having a U-shaped cross section, which heats the fiber reinforcement sleeve. A pair of fiber holdersthat holds and clamps fusion-spliced optical fibersare disposed on both end sides of the sleeve accommodation groove. A lid partthat covers the fiber accommodation grooveis attached openably and closably to the base partthrough a rotary axis. A protectorfor windbreak and heat insulation is joined to the lid partthrough a rotary axis. The protectoris a member for preventing winds from entering the sleeve accommodation groove from a gap between a side wall of the base partand the lid part