Patent ID: 7367255

Claim:
An apparatus for cutting at least one optical fiber, comprising: a contact element; an element adapted to pivot mounted on a rotation shaft, the element adapted to pivot being pivotable relative to the contact element between an insertion position and a cutting position; at least one holding apparatus, the at least one holding apparatus being at least one of fitted to and formed on the element adapted to pivot, wherein the at least one holding apparatus is configured to hold at least one fiber in a defined position relative to the element adapted to pivot over an entire profile of a pivoting movement between the insertion position and the cutting position and is configured to hold at least a portion of the at least one fiber aligned essentially parallel to the rotation shaft; and a scoring device fitted to the contact element, configured to move linearly and at right angles to the rotation shaft in a scoring plane running parallel to the rotation shaft, and configured to score the at least one fiber held by the holding apparatus of the element adapted to pivot, wherein the holding apparatus holds the fiber on both sides of the scoring device, wherein the at least one fiber held by the holding apparatus is touched by the contact element exclusively in the cutting position, the at least one holding apparatus is at a distance from the other components of the apparatus and is configured to be freely accessible from one side for convenient and protective insertion of the at least one fiber if the element adapted to pivot is in the insertion position, the element adapted to pivot is pivotable relative to the scoring device between the insertion position and the cutting position, and the contact element is stationary.