| 摘要 |
The invention is directed to techniques for cleaning an optical interface pneumatically, i.e., using fluid (liquid or gas). Fluid can be delivered in an automated manner at a particular time (e.g., connection time) in order alleviate the burden of a technician having to manually clean the optical interface with conventional cleaning material or a stick-on adhesive each time the technician exposes the optical interface. One arrangement is directed to an optical connection system having a first optical connector and a second optical connector. The first optical connector includes a first optical connector housing and a first optical interface fastened to the first optical connector housing. The second optical connector includes a second optical connector housing and a second optical interface fastened to the second optical connector housing. The second optical connector housing defines an aperture that directs fluid over at least one of the first and second optical interfaces.
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