Patent ID: 7978950

Claim:
A replaceable cartridge for an optical fiber tip-shaping device to shape an end of an optical fiber, the optical fiber tip-shaping device including a drive mechanism, the replaceable cartridge comprising: a casing that is mountable to the optical fiber tip-shaping device, the casing including a tip-shaping region; a first reel and a second reel, each of the first and second reels rotatably supported by the casing, one of the first and second reels adapted to be coupled to and rotated by the drive mechanism of the optical fiber tip-shaping device; and an abrasive substrate that is adapted to contact and shape the end of the optical fiber at the tip-shaping region, a length of the abrasive substrate being advanceable from the first reel to the second reel in response to rotation of the one of the first and second reels by the drive mechanism to position a portion of the abrasive substrate at the tip-shaping region.