Patent ID: 9079267
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B23K,G02B

Abstract:
1. A device for applying electric discharge on an optical fiber by a first and a second electrode, both of which are perpendicular to an axial direction of the optical fiber, comprising: a first moving mechanism for controllably moving the first electrode in a first direction identical to an axial direction of the first and the second electrode; a second moving mechanism for controllably moving the first electrode in a second direction not identical to both the axial direction of the optical fiber and the first direction in synchronism with the first moving mechanism; a third moving mechanism for controllably moving the second electrode in the first direction; and a fourth moving mechanism for controllably moving the second electrode in the second direction in synchronism with the third moving mechanism, wherein the second moving mechanism and the fourth moving mechanism are configured to bringing the first electrode and the second electrode away from each other in the second direction by respectively moving the first electrode and the second electrode independently of each other.