Patent ID: 6668128
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical fiber holder which is used for a stripping apparatus, a cleaving apparatus and a fusion-splicing apparatus in common, comprising:a holder main body having a groove for inserting an optical fiber therein and a first clamping member for clamping said optical fiber in said groove; a V-groove portion provided ahead of said holder main body, said V-groove portion having a v-groove for inserting said optical fiber therein and a second clamping member for clamping said optical fiber, wherein said second clamping member is compressed toward said V-groove portion by a spring member; and a holder mount on which said V-groove portion is mounted in the stripping apparatus, cleaving apparatus or fusion-splicing apparatus, said groove and said v-groove being configured so that the central axis of the optical fiber clamped in these grooves is in the same position independent of the outer diameter of optical fiber.