OPTICAL FIBRE CLEAVING DEVICE

摘要

A mechanism for cleaving optical fibres, comprising fibre cleaving means and gripping members arranged to grip an optical fibre and to apply a pulling force to put the fibre under tension whilst the fibre is cleaved, wherein the gripping member(s) C are arranged to eject a cleaved-off part of the fibre F into a recpetacle 49 once the fibre has been cleaved, and/or the fibre F is bent during cleaving by means of a rotatable double anvil 47 widely separated from the gripping members.