Patent ID: 7412145
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber connection jig used for inserting a coated optical fiber into an optical fiber holding groove in a splice member, characterized in that: said jig comprises a jig body having a wedge piece which is advanced by a grasping operation, and is fitted into a wedge insertion slit in said splice member to forcibly expand said optical fiber holding groove, a fiber insertion guide which is mounted on said jig body, and guides said coated optical fiber generally onto a center axis of said optical fiber holding groove by a coated fiber guide groove, a pair of grasp frames which are spaced a predetermined distance from each other in opposed relation to each other, and can be displaced toward each other by a grasping operation, and at least one guide shaft positioned to guide the grasp frames towards each other.