| 摘要 |
A splicer for optical fibers. The splicer is assembled from two polymer body halves (14a, 14b). When assembled the body halves function as spring clamps. Internal to the body halves is a metallic splice element (82) which is assembled from two mirror image halves (82a, 82b). The polymer body halves (14a, 14b) and the metallic splice element body halves (82a, 82b) include passageways (54, 66, 109) for the two fibers to be spliced and passageways (88, 90, 103) for a tool that is used to operate the splicer so that a fiber can be inserted into or removed therefrom. During assembly a portion of the body halves are fused together to provide a unitized construction the spring clamps. The splicer may be inserted in a panel. A ferrule (306) is used to hold the splicer in the panel. <IMAGE> |
