FIBRE OPTIC CABLE COUPLER

摘要

A fibre optic coupler assembly (16) for optically aligning a sectioned fibre optic cable, the cable having a first end (10) and a second end and comprising one or more fibre optic cores. The assembly comprises a first holder (18) for holding the first end; a second holder (54) for holding the second end coupled to the first end; a retractor (46) for retracting the second end; an aligning unit (42) comprising a resilient construction having a conduit passing through it, for linear alignment of the ends; whereby the first and second ends are coupled by the respective holders and whereby the second end can be linearly aligned in the conduit of the aligning unit, retracted using the retractor, and rotated to obtain rotational alignment of the fiber cores of the ends.