Patent ID: 8866051
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: B29C,B29D,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for fitting a protective element shrinkable by supply of heat onto an optical waveguide, comprising: a housing comprising an upper part and a lower part that together form an enclosure through which the optical waveguide extends; a heating element within the enclosure, adapted to emit thermal radiation, a mount that supports the protective element along a longitudinally extending holding location between the upper part and the lower part of the housing; and a reflector having an arcuate first part carried by the upper part of the housing and an arcuate second part carried by the lower part of the housing, the reflector reflects the radiation emitted by the heating element onto the protective element; wherein the arcuate first part of the reflector and the arcuate second part of the reflector together form an arcuate cross-sectional shape with the upper part and lower part of the housing in a closed configuration and one of the arcuate first part and arcuate second part forming a smaller portion of the arcuate cross-sectional shape than the other of the arcuate first part and the arcuate second part.