OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical fiber connector capable of arriving at an area where a laser head is present via a small-diameter pipe and being attached to or detached from the laser head by a remote control by a manipulator.SOLUTION: An optical fiber connector 1 disposed in an end portion of an optical fiber F comprises: a connector body 2 to which the end portion of the optical fiber F is connected; an introduction pipe 3 which is located near a cylindrical part 2c to which the end portion of the optical fiber F is connected and which introduces cooling water into the connector body 2; an exhaust pipe 4 which is located near the cylindrical part 2c to which the end portion of the optical fiber F is connected and which discharges the cooling water introduced into the connector body 2; and an operation grip part 10 which is gripped by a manipulator M during attachment or detachment of the optical fiber connector by a remote control over a connection destination of the connector body 2, and this operation grip part 10 acts as a binding part which binds together the introduction pipe 3 and the exhaust pipe 4 in a state where the introduction pipe and the exhaust pipe are made along the cylindrical part 2c of the connector body 2.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1