Patent ID: 7870811
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A thermal stripping apparatus, comprising: a first holder section and a second holder section, which are designed to accommodate and hold at least one coated glass fiber, wherein the first holder section is arranged such that it can move with respect to the second holder section along a glass fiber to be accommodated, in order to cut off a coating on the glass fiber; a housing having a handle section for convenient gripping and having an appliance section in which the thermal stripper is arranged; a drive unit, which has a lever and an eccentric wheel and is operatively connected to the first holder section of the thermal stripper such that a rotary movement of the lever with respect to the handle section is converted to a lateral movement of the first holder section, wherein the eccentric wheel is connected to a gearwheel on the same cylindrical pin, and the gearwheel is coupled to the lever via a curved toothed rod.