APPLYING PRESSURE TO ABUTTING OPTICAL FACES

摘要

Apparatus and a method for assembling an optical fiber in a passage of a connector by applying axial force to the fiber to maintain an optical face of the fiber in abutment with an optical face of an optical device mounted to the connector, wherein, the fiber is mounted along a straight passage of the apparatus, a pin mounted on a carriage imparts a bend along the length of the fiber, and the carriage is displaceable to impart axial force to the fiber, and to apply pressure between abutting optical faces of the fiber and the optical device. 14291