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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Ams Research, Llc, Minnetonka, MN (US);
AMS Research, LLC, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for cleaning a fiber cap including a first fixture configured to hold the fiber cap, the fiber cap having an internal cavity with an opening therein. The fiber cap also includes a first axis generally aligned with the central axis of the fiber cap and internal cavity, a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, and a third axis orthogonal to the first and second axes. The system further includes a second fixture configured to hold a particulate collecting member (1) to receive and hold an electrical charge and (2) for insertion into the opening of the fiber cap. Also included with the system is a first camera positioned to provide a view of the fiber cap held in the first fixture and the particulate collecting member held in the second fixture in the direction of the third axis of the fiber cap and a second camera positioned to provide a view of the fiber cap held in the first fixture and the particulate collecting member held in the second fixture in the direction of the second axis of the fiber cap.