Patent ID: 8488933

Claim:
Apparatus for mechanically cleaving a stripped end section of an optic fiber core, comprising: (a) a receiving section including an optic fiber guide for receiving the stripped end section of the optic fiber core; (b) a clamping section for receiving a terminal end section of the optic fiber core from the receiving section and securing said terminal end section in a fixed position; and (c) a cleaving section including a cleaving member and cleaving blade, said member being operable to move between an optic fiber receiving position and an optic fiber cleaving position where the blade is positioned to at least partially fracture the optic fiber core extending between the receiving section and the clamping section, wherein movement of the cleaving member towards the cleaving position effects at least partial separation movement between the guide and the clamping section so as to tension and thereby cleave the optic fiber core extending therebetween.