Patent ID: 9459413
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B08B,G02B

Claim Text:
1. An optical fiber connector cleaner which cleans an end surface of an optical fiber connector using cleaning tape, comprising: a first casing which is longer in one direction relative to the other direction; a second casing provided in the first casing; a cleaning shaft extending forward in the one direction from the second casing to be exposed from the first casing; a cleaning tape; a supply reel in which the cleaning tape is wound; a winding reel to wind the cleaning tape from the supply reel; wherein, the optical fiber connector cleaner further comprising: a forwarding and reversing mechanism to move the second casing forward and backward in the one direction in the first casing, including a winding mechanism to feed the cleaning tape from the supply reel toward the cleaning shaft in response to a backward movement of the second casing in the one direction and wind the cleaning tape returned from the cleaning shaft to the winding reel; and a rotation mechanism to rotate the cleaning shaft about an axis thereof in synchronization with a feeding of the cleaning tape in accordance with the backward movement of the second casing in the one direction, including