| 摘要 |
<p>A method of polishing an end surface of an optical connector to a desired shape, and a portable polishing machine having a small size and a light weight. A tape backup member (18) is provided on the connecting end surface (3) side of a multicore optical connector (4) set in a polishing machine. The member (18) is coupled to a support rod (21) movable forward and backward along side plates (23a, 23b). The end of the tape backup member (18) is provided with a tape travelling surface (9) having a shape corresponding to a desired shape of an end surface of a bare optical fiber of the multicore optical connector (4), and the leading end of a polishing tape (32) wound around a supply roller (30) is drawn out along the tape travelling surface (9) to the take-up roller (31) side. The polishing tape (32) is made to travel by rotating the take-up roller (31) with a take-up shaft (28), and the free end surface, which projects forward from the connecting end surface (3) of the multicore optical connector (4) of the multicore bare optical fiber, is pressed against the polishing tape, which moves along the tape travelling surface (9), by a biasing force of a spring (26) so as to polish the free end surface of the optical fiber.</p> |
