Patent ID: 9720175
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. A fusion splicing apparatus for fusion-splicing end faces of a pair of optical fibers to each other, comprising: a reflector that is configured to be arranged between the end faces of the pair of optical fibers that are faced toward and spaced away from each other and is movable among a first position to reflect an image of only a first one of the end faces, a second position to reflect an image of only a second one of the end faces, and a third position to retract the reflector from the first and second end faces; a first imager that takes the image of the first end face reflected by the reflector in the first position; and a second imager that takes the image of the second end face reflected by the reflector in the second position, wherein the first, second, and third positions are placed on a same specific axis orthogonal to axes of the optical fibers, and the reflector is movable on the specific axis among the first, second, and third positions.