Patent ID: 8875403

Claim:
A coating removal tool used for an optical fiber comprising: a base; and a pair of arm members extending in one direction from the base, wherein the arm members, each of which comprises an elastically deformable deformation portion on a base side, and an operation portion which is closer to a tip end side than the deformation portion, contact portions in a wedge shape are provided on inner sides of operation portions, respectively, the inner sides opposing to each other so that tip edges of the contact portions oppose to each other, and grip portions are provided outside the operation portions, respectively, a coating of the optical fiber is configured to be removed by pulling out the optical fiber in a state where the tip edges of the contact portions are brought into contact with the optical fiber disposed along an extending direction of the arm members, the optical fiber is led out from an optical cable and attached to an outer coat of the optical fiber, and a slide portion is provided on the base, the slide portion being configured to cause the outer coat gripping member to slide in a pull-out direction of the optical fiber.