摘要 |
A plug-in fibre-optic connector ( 5 ) for use in a fluid medium, characterised in that the rear tubular portion ( 21 ) of the plug is slidingly urged into the body portion ( 7 ) first to compress the plug piston chamber ( 17 ) then to enable the optical fluid ( 19 ) to be discharged at the end of the centring portion ( 13 ) and the front portion ( 9 ) of the plug, whereby the front end of the optical fibre ( 5 ) is dried and cleared of fluid and foreign particles, whereas the centring portion ( 55 ) of the base is driven back by the pressure exerted by the plug in such a way that the end of the optical fibre ( 5 ) thereof extending outwards into the centring portion ( 13 ) of the plug, in alignment with the fibre ( 5 ) of the plug ( 3 ), is similarly dried by the compressive effect of the piston chamber ( 59 ) thereof.
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