Patent ID: 7258496

Claim:
A method for connecting optical fibers through a connecting structure having first and second clamping sections using an optical fiber connecting tool having first and second opening/closing member, the method comprising: opening the first clamping section by inserting the first opening/closing member into the first clamping section and opening the second clamping section by inserting the second opening/closing member into the second clamping section; inserting a first optical fiber into the first clamping section and inserting a second optical fiber into the fist clamping section through the second clamping section so as to butt-connect a tip of the first optical fiber to a tip of the second optical fiber; extracting the first opening/closing member from the first clamping section so as to clamp peripheries of the first and second optical fibers; and extracting the second opening/closing member from the second clamping section so as to clamp the periphery of the second optical fiber.