Patent ID: 6311581
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An automatic optical fiber stripping machine adapted to strip an intermediate portion of an optical fiber having a shell, comprising:a table;a carriage slidably mounted onto said table for movement in a wire stripping direction with respect to said table;a carriage controller provided to said carriage;a cutter unit mounted on said table and adapted to cut the shell of said optical fiber;a pair of chuck units mounted on said carriage on opposite sides of said cutter unit along said wire stripping direction, said pair of chuck units arranged to clamp and retain an optical fiber;wherein said carriage controller is arranged to drive said carriage a predetermined distance in said wire stripping direction with respect to said table so that said pair of chuck units carry said optical fiber said predetermined distance with respect to said cutter unit to execute intermediate stripping of said optical fiber.