Patent ID: 6850686
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing an insulated fibre having an optical fibre that is provided with an insulation, the apparatus comprising: a retention device, into which the insulated fibre to be processed can be placed and which clamps the insulated fibre placed inside it, a holder-bracket assembly with two holder brackets, between which a projecting section of the insulated fibre clamped in the retention device extends beyond the retention device in a starting position, wherein the brackets can be adjusted in relation to each other substantially perpendicular to the fibre, and secure a section of fibre insulation in a holding position in order for it to be removed, a cutting device, which cuts into the insulation to be removed substantially perpendicular to the fibre, wherein: the retention device and the holder-bracket assembly can be adjusted in relation to each other and parallel to the fibre, in the case of a relative adjustment between retention device and holder-bracket assembly the fibre is fixed in relation to the retention device, while the cut-off insulation is fixed in relation to the holder-bracket assembly, a cleaving tool, cleaves the fibre, held tight between the retention device and the holder-bracket assembly, in a stripped section under tension and substantially perpendicular to the fibre, and the two holder brackets exert a continuously firm hold on the section of the fibre insulation to be removed, from the starting position to the holding position, thus least ensuring that an appropriate tensile stress can be retained in the fibre when extracting the fibre from its insulation to cleave it.