摘要 |
<p>Apparatus, for cleaving an optical fibre 115 under axial tension, is provided with a cleaver blade 116 which is mounted as part of a rotatable cleaver assembly. The assembly is balanced about its axis of rotation and, as described, comprises a wheel 117 mounted on an axle 138. The cleaver blade 116 is attached to an arm which extends radially from the wheel 117. A hair spring 304 drives the assembly. …<??>The cleaving apparatus finds particular application in cleaving monomode fibres under normal working, rather than laboratory, conditions.</p> |