Patent ID: 7090414
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cleaving an optical fiber waveguide, comprising: a) a support base; b) a fixed fiber support comprising a fixed fiber base including a guide track having an upper track and a lower track attached to said support base and a self aligning fiber holder adapted to hold said fiber at a supply end of said fiber, said holder being removably attached to said fixed fiber base; c) a fiber pull tension assembly having a tension assembly base attached to said support base and a pull clamp rotatably attached to said tension assembly base, said pull clamp having a roller and being openable to receive said fiber and hold it at a free end of said fiber, d) a tension spring adjustably attached to said pull clamp and said fixed fiber base, said spring rotationally biasing said pull clamp to place said fiber in tension between said pull clamp and said self aligning fiber holder; and e) a scribing knife assembly comprising: