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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Masashi Ishihara, Sakura, JP;
Manabu Tabata, Sakura, JP;
Makoto Iwamatsu, Sakura, JP;
Yuya Kurosaka, Sakura, JP;
Masashi Ishihara, Sakura, JP;
Manabu Tabata, Sakura, JP;
Makoto Iwamatsu, Sakura, JP;
Yuya Kurosaka, Sakura, JP;
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber feeding mechanism of a scrap collector includes a lower roller and an upper roller for advancing an optical fiber scrap cut out by an optical fiber cutter into a scrap receptacle, and further includes a roller holding member. In a state in which the lower roller and the upper roller are not actuated, the roller holding member forms a clearance enough to keep the lower roller and the upper roller from holding an optical fiber therebetween. After the optical fiber cutter cuts the optical fiber, the roller holding member lowers the upper roller toward the lower roller in accordance with the rotation of the upper roller so that the optical fiber may be held by and between the lower roller and the upper roller.