Patent ID: 7398599
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for removing a covering layer of an optical fiber, the device comprising: a receiver body for receiving an optical fiber having a covering layer to be removed; and a cutting blade adaptive to be relatively moved toward said receiver body for cutting the covering layer of the optical fiber, wherein said cutting blade comprises an elastic plastic, said cutting blade has an edge surface substantially perpendicular to two parallel side surfaces of the cutting blade for cutting into the covering layer of the optical fiber, wherein the two parallel side surfaces extend from the edge surface to an opposing edge surface that is spaced from the edge surface, and said receiver body is sized such that when an optical fiber is set on a surface of said receiver body opposite to said cutting blade the length of the optical fiber is longer than the thickness of said cutting blade, and said cutting blade has a bending elasticity in a range of 900-20,000 MPa.