Patent ID: 7295746

Claim:
A disassembling tool for disassembling an optical connector, the disassembling tool comprising: a tool body having a guide surface for guiding an optical fiber connected to the optical connector; and a pair of finger portions extending from the tool body in a second direction in parallel to each other, the finger portions having extending ends in the second direction and confronting surfaces faced to each other in a third direction perpendicular to the second direction, each of the finger portions having a pair of adjacent surfaces opposite to each other in a fourth direction perpendicular to the second and the third directions, at least one of the adjacent surfaces of each finger portion having a slant surface inclined to reduce the thickness of the finger portion in the fourth direction towards the extending end, each of the confronting surface having a groove extending from the extending end in a first direction opposite to the second direction, the groove being adapted to receive a part of the optical connector.