Patent ID: 6922517
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber anchor device installed in a terminal connecting device for connecting an optical cable having a loose tube type unit in which a single optical fiber or a plurality of optical fibers is or are inserted in a cylindrical tube made of a metal or synthetic resin together with a jelly-like filler and used for anchoring the single optical fiber or the plurality of optical fibers inserted in said optical cable, comprising; a hot-melt type bonding agent in a form of a tube having a hollow portion; and a heat-shrinkable tube in a form of a tube having a hollow portion, wherein said hot-melt type bonding agent is inserted into said hollow portion of said heat-shrinkable tube, at least one of said optical fibers is inserted into said hollow portion of said hot-melt type bonding agent and heated, an anchor portion is formed by melting said hot-melt type bonding agent and shrinking said heat-shrinkable tube so as to be integrated with said optical fiber and an end of said anchor portion is held by a fixed portion of said terminal connecting device, whereby said optical fiber is anchored.