ADHESIVELESS FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR AND AN APPARATUS FOR TERMINATING FIBER OPTIC CABLE TO AN ADHESIVELESS CONNECTOR

摘要

An adhesiveless fiber optic connector includes a collet (17) mechanism having cable gripping fingers for initially gripping a fiber buffer (3) upon movement of the collet into a body (7) of the connector by crimping, includes keying tabs (21) which cooperate with slots in the main body of the connector for retaining the collet (17) within the connector prior to termination, and for preventing rotation of the collet during termination, the keying tabs being pushed out of the slots during termination to adhere to the main body of the connector following crimping. An apparatus for facilitating termination of a fiber optic cable to such adhesiveless connector include a transport mechanism to which the fiber buffer is clipped, and a guiding mechanism in the form of separable jaws for the exposed fiber, as well as a crimp mechanism and fiber cutting and polishing apparatus.