B - Operations – Transporting – 24 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
24
B
33/121, 88/97.3
B24B 1/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1270135
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTS PRODUCED THEREBY Abstract An alignment sleeve for holding two concially shaped portions of plugs each of which terminates an optical fiber includes two conically shaped cavities communicating through a common minimal diameter plane. After the sleeve has been molded, a tool faced with an abrasive material is inserted into each cavity of the sleeve and turned rotatably while a force is applied in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tool. This causes material to be removed from the walls defining the cavities so that when the two plugs are inserted into the cavities, the axes of the fibers will be aligned coaxially and the end faces of the fibers will have a predetermined separation. The methods and apparatus of this invention also may be used to adjust a length measurement of plugs. This is accomplished by inserting a plug into a conically shaped cavity of a tool. A wall whcih defines the cavity of the tool is faced with an abrasive material which upon turning the plug abrades the plugs to thereby increase the distance from a reference circumference of the plug to a pedestal in which the free end of the optical fiber terminates.
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Jackson Kenneth Wade
Lampert Norman Roger
Muth Harold Frey Jr.
American Telephone And Telegraph Company
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
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