Patent ID: 6220135
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: G02B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for use in processing a fibre, the apparatus including control and drawing means for guiding a fibre in a first direction of travel, and means for cutting the fibre, wherein said means comprises a body of revolution consisting of two parts between which the fibre is arranged to pass during processing without contacting said two parts; said body of revolution being arranged to rotate during the cutting of the fibre about an axis that is substantially transverse to said direction of travel of the fibre; and wherein an edge of one part of said body of revolution is sufficiently sharp that when rotation of said body of revolution causes said edge to press against the fibre, said edge cuts the fibre to thereby create a free end of the fibre that winds around a peripheral surface of said body of revolution during rotation thereof.