Patent ID: 6113481
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
A jig for use in washing optical elements, said jig being arranged to receive and hold a plural number of optical elements, which are formed by polishing and cutting into predetermined unit lengths a plural number of glass rods adhesively fixed on a polishing tray, and heating said polishing tray to destroy adhesive power of an adhesive agent bonding said optical elements to said polishing tray, said jig comprising:a pallet constituted by a base and a cover member, each of an open grid-like form, said base and cover members being closable one on the other in an overlapped state and fixable to each other to form therebetween rows of nesting pockets for securely holding therein said optical elements in the same positional relations as on said polishing tray, said base and cover members of said pallet being provided with openings on the opposite sides of said nesting pockets for accommodating said optical elements in an exposed state for contact with a cleaning liquid and providing window openings permitting passage of light rays from one to the other side of said pallet in a visual inspection stage subsequent to cleaning operation.