Patent ID: 11860434
Assignee: TELESCENT INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A cleaning cartridge system for dispensing and usage monitoring of fiber end face cleaning fabric, the cleaning cartridge system comprising:
a source spool of cleaning fabric;
an actuator that drives a fabric advance roller;
a pressure sensor that detects when a fiber end face is in contact with fabric and outputs a contact-indicating signal;
an internal control circuit that drives the actuator to advance the cleaning fabric in time-relation to the contact-indicating signal; and
an external controller that determines proper advance of the cleaning fabric and consumption of the cleaning fabric over time,
wherein contact of a fiber end face with the fabric on the pressure sensor causes the actuator, after a predetermined delay, to rotate the fabric advance roller and advance a predetermined amount of the fabric from the source spool to a take-up spool.