CN220195668U - Automatic cleaning device for optical fiber end face - Google Patents
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of optical fiber cleaning, and particularly provides an optical fiber end face automatic cleaning device which comprises a cleaning unit and an optical fiber clamping unit, wherein the cleaning unit comprises a wiping belt and a driving assembly which are connected; the driving assembly drives the wiping strip to feed along the length direction; the optical fiber clamping unit comprises a moving assembly, an optical fiber connector and an optical fiber clamp for positioning the optical fiber connector, and the optical fiber clamp is arranged on the moving assembly; the cleaning unit is disposed within a stroke of the optical fiber splice. The moving assembly drives the optical fiber clamp to move, so that the end face of the optical fiber connector clamped by the optical fiber clamp is contacted with the cleaning surface of the wiping belt. The automatic optical fiber end face cleaning device provided by the utility model has the advantages that the structure is simple, the operation is convenient, the optical fiber clamping unit can clamp optical fibers in multiple directions and high precision, and the optical fibers are sent to the cleaning unit, so that the full-automatic process from clamping of the optical fibers to end face cleaning is realized, the labor is saved, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of optical fiber cleaning, and particularly relates to an automatic optical fiber end face cleaning device.
Background
With the progress of technology and the rapid development of network communication, optical fibers are commonly used in daily life as communication connection lines, but due to the specificity of the optical fiber communication principle, higher requirements are put on the maintenance and the maintenance of the end face of the optical fibers.
The communication faults caused by the pollution of the fiber end face account for higher proportion of all fiber communication fault reasons, and the conventional cleaning of the fiber end face is usually carried out manually by means of amplifying equipment, and a manual cleaning method is adopted, so that a great amount of manpower is consumed, and meanwhile, the fiber end face is required to be cleaned or not due to the fact that the high subjectivity is required to be judged manually, misjudgment is easy to occur, and the fiber cleaning efficiency is low.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the problems of labor consumption, low efficiency and easy erroneous judgment of the cleaning of the optical fiber end face in the prior art.
The utility model provides an automatic cleaning device for an optical fiber end face, which comprises a cleaning unit and an optical fiber clamping unit, wherein the cleaning unit comprises a wiping belt and a driving assembly which are connected; the driving assembly drives the wiping strip to feed along the length direction; the optical fiber clamping unit comprises a moving assembly, an optical fiber connector and an optical fiber clamp for positioning the optical fiber connector, and the optical fiber clamp is arranged on the moving assembly; the cleaning unit is disposed within a stroke of the optical fiber splice.
Specifically, the optical fiber clamp comprises a driving piece, a third guide rail, a first clamping jaw and a second clamping jaw; the driving piece is arranged on the moving assembly; one end of each of the first clamping jaw and the second clamping jaw is slidably connected in the third guide rail; the driving piece drives the first clamping jaw and the second clamping jaw to move in the third guide rail.
Specifically, the clamping surfaces of the first clamping jaw and the second clamping jaw are respectively provided with an optical fiber positioning groove matched with the optical fiber structure.
Specifically, the moving assembly comprises a first guide rail and a second guide rail; the second guide rail is connected to the first guide rail in a sliding manner through a first sliding block, and the optical fiber clamp is connected to the second guide rail in a sliding manner through a second sliding block; the cleaning unit is arranged at one end of the second guide rail far away from the first guide rail.
Specifically, the cleaning unit further comprises a mounting plate; the mounting plate is provided with a winding wheel and an unwinding wheel; the wiping strip is wound on the rewinding wheel; the winding wheel is connected with the driving assembly, and the winding wheel receives the wiping strip from the unwinding wheel under the action of the driving assembly.
Specifically, the mounting plate is also provided with a thickness measuring sensor for detecting the thickness of the wiping belt in the unwinding wheel; the thickness measuring sensor is arranged on one side of the unwinding wheel.
Specifically, a tensioning wheel is arranged between the winding wheel and the unwinding wheel.
Specifically, the driving component is a stepping motor; the output end of the stepping motor is connected with the winding wheel and drives the winding wheel to rotate.
Specifically, the optical fiber end face automatic cleaning device further comprises an optical fiber end face detection unit; the optical fiber end face detection unit is arranged in the stroke of the optical fiber connector.
Specifically, the optical fiber end face detection unit is a CCD detector.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages and beneficial effects:
the automatic optical fiber end face cleaning device provided by the utility model has the advantages that the structure is simple, the operation is convenient, the optical fiber clamping unit can clamp optical fibers in multiple directions and high precision, and the optical fibers are sent to the cleaning unit, so that the full-automatic process from clamping of the optical fibers to end face cleaning is realized, the labor is saved, and the cleaning efficiency is improved. In addition, the optical fiber end face automatic cleaning device is also provided with an optical fiber end face detection unit for detecting the optical fiber end face, so that the cleaning condition of the end face can be accurately judged, and erroneous judgment is prevented; the thickness measuring sensor can monitor the use condition of the wiping belt in real time and replace the wiping belt in time.
The present utility model will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an automatic cleaning device for fiber end faces.
FIG. 2 is a left side view of the fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus provided by the present utility model.
FIG. 3 is a right side view of the fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus provided by the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a cleaning unit of the optical fiber end face automatic cleaning device provided by the utility model.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a structure of an optical fiber gripping unit of the optical fiber end face automatic cleaning device provided by the utility model.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of an optical fiber clamp structure of the optical fiber end face automatic cleaning device provided by the utility model.
Fig. 7 is a front view of an optical fiber clamp of the optical fiber end face automatic cleaning device provided by the utility model.
Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an optical fiber structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
Reference numerals illustrate: 100. a cleaning unit; 101. a mounting plate; 102. a winding wheel; 103. a tensioning wheel; 104. a recoil wheel; 105. a wiping belt; 106. a drive assembly; 107. a thickness measuring sensor; 200. an optical fiber end face detection unit; 300. an optical fiber clamp; 301. a driving member; 302. a third guide rail; 303. a first jaw; 304. a second jaw; 305. an optical fiber positioning groove; 400. a moving assembly; 401. a first guide rail; 402. a first slider; 403. a second guide rail; 404. a second slider; 500. an optical fiber; 501. a triangular panel; 502. an optical fiber connector; 600. the table top is operated.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate describing the present utility model and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first", "a second" may include one or more such features, either explicitly or implicitly; in the description of the present utility model, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.
Referring to fig. 1-3, the present utility model provides an automatic fiber-optic endface cleaning apparatus, comprising a cleaning unit 100 and a fiber-optic gripping unit, the cleaning unit 100 comprising a wiping strip 105 and a drive assembly 106 connected; the driving assembly 106 drives the wiping strip 105 to feed along the length direction of the wiping strip 105; the optical fiber clamping unit comprises a moving assembly 400, an optical fiber connector 502 and an optical fiber clamp 300 for positioning the optical fiber connector 502, wherein the optical fiber clamp 300 is arranged on the moving assembly 400; the cleaning unit 100 is disposed within the stroke of the optical fiber connector 502. The moving assembly 400 moves the optical fiber holder 300 so that the end surface of the optical fiber connector 502 of the optical fiber 500 held by the optical fiber holder 300 contacts the cleaning surface of the wiping strip 105.
In actual installation, the cleaning unit 100, the optical fiber gripping unit and the optical fiber tray may be installed on the same operation table 600, and the movement interval of the moving assembly 400 may be set according to the actual distance between the components on the operation table 600. When in use, the moving assembly 400 is started first, the optical fiber clamp 300 is driven to move to the optical fiber tray, and the optical fiber 500 is clamped by the optical fiber clamp 300. The moving assembly 400 then moves the fiber clamp 300 to the cleaning unit 100, bringing the end face of the fiber stub 502 of the optical fiber 500 into contact with the cleaning surface of the wiping strip 105. The drive assembly 106 is activated to feed the wiping strip 105 along its length, and during the feed, the cleaning surface of the wiping strip 105 wipes the end face of the fiber optic splice 502, completing the cleaning. In order to reduce the waste of the wiping strip 105, after the end surface of the optical fiber connector 502 contacts with the cleaning surface of the wiping strip 105, the driving component 106 may not be started, but the end surface of the optical fiber connector 502 is driven by the moving component 400 to move along the width direction of the wiping strip 105, so that the use area of the wiping strip 105 is increased.
Further, as shown in fig. 6, the optical fiber clamp 300 includes a driving member 301, a third guide rail 302, a first clamping jaw 303, and a second clamping jaw 304; the driving member 301 is mounted on the moving assembly 400; one end of each of the first clamping jaw 303 and the second clamping jaw 304 is slidably connected in the third guide rail 302; the drive 301 drives the first jaw 303 and the second jaw 304 to move within the third rail 302. After the optical fiber clamp 300 moves to the optical fiber tray, the first clamping jaw 303 and the second clamping jaw 304 are driven by the driving member 301 to move back, the optical fiber clamp 300 is opened, the optical fiber 500 is placed between the first clamping jaw 303 and the second clamping jaw 304, and the first clamping jaw 303 and the second clamping jaw 304 are driven by the driving member 301 to move back to back, so that the optical fiber 500 is clamped.
Further, the clamping surfaces of the first clamping jaw 303 and the second clamping jaw 304 are respectively provided with an optical fiber positioning groove 305 matched with the external structure of the optical fiber 500, so that the repeated precision of clamping the optical fiber 500 is ensured. Specifically, referring to fig. 7-8, the outer structure of the optical fiber 500 adopts a structure of sleeving a triangular panel 501 on the periphery of the optical fiber 500, and the optical fiber positioning groove 305 on the clamping jaw is a V-shaped groove matched with the triangular angle of the edge of the triangular panel 501, so that the optical fiber 500 can be accurately positioned by the optical fiber clamp 300 in the clamping process, the repeated precision of clamping the optical fiber 500 is ensured, and meanwhile, the optical fiber connector 502 is prevented from shifting after being stressed in the wiping process.
In a refined embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the movement assembly 400 includes a first rail 401 and a second rail 403; the second guide rail 403 is slidably connected to the first guide rail 401 by a first slider 402, and the optical fiber holder 300 is slidably connected to the second guide rail 403 by a second slider 404; the cleaning unit 100 is arranged at an end of the second rail 403 remote from the first rail 401. Preferably, the first guide rail 401 is arranged along the X-axis and the second guide rail 403 is arranged along the Y-axis, and the guide rail length is designed according to the distance between the optical fiber tray and the cleaning unit 100. In actual installation, the optical fiber tray is disposed at one end of the first rail 401, and the cleaning unit 100 is disposed within the length of the first rail 401, and the width direction of the wiping belt 105 corresponds to the X-axis direction. In use, the first slider 402 drives the second guide rail 403 and the optical fiber clamp 300 to move together on the first guide rail 401 along the X axis to the optical fiber tray, the optical fiber clamp 300 clamps the optical fiber 500, and then moves along the X axis to the cleaning unit 100 at the position corresponding to the X axis, and the first slider 402 stops moving. The second slider 404 brings the optical fiber holder 300 on the second guide rail 403 along the Y-axis direction to approach the wiping strip 105 of the cleaning unit 100 until the end face of the optical fiber splice 502 contacts the cleaning surface of the wiping strip 105. The first slider 402 and the second slider 404 are preferably driven by a servo motor, cylinder or other drive means.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the cleaning unit 100 further includes a mounting plate 101; the mounting plate 101 is provided with a winding wheel 102 and an unwinding wheel 104; the wiping belt 105 is wound on the recoil wheel 104; the winding wheel 102 is connected with the driving assembly 106, the driving assembly 106 is a stepping motor, the output end of the stepping motor is connected with the winding wheel 102, and the winding wheel 102 rotates under the action of the driving assembly 106 to receive the wiping strip 105 from the rewinding wheel 104, so that the wiping strip 105 is fed along the length direction of the wiping strip. One or more tensioning wheels 103 may optionally be provided between the winding wheel 102 and the unwinding wheel 104 to maintain the wiping strip 105 in tension with the clean surface parallel to the end face of the fiber optic splice 502 to enhance the wiping effect.
In order to avoid exhaustion of the wiping strip 105 on the unwinding wheel 104 during cleaning, interrupting the cleaning process, the mounting plate 101 is further provided with a thickness measuring sensor 107 for detecting the thickness of the wiping strip 105 inside the unwinding wheel 104. According to the thickness of the wiping belt 105 detected by the thickness measuring sensor 107, operators can grasp the use condition of the wiping belt 105 on the rewinding wheel 104 in advance, and the wiping belt 105 is replaced in time when in idle time, so that the cleaning process is not affected.
In an optimized embodiment, the fiber optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus further includes a fiber optic endface detection unit 200 for detecting the cleanliness of the end face of the fiber optic connector 502, and a CCD detector is generally selected as the fiber optic endface detection unit 200. After the optical fiber 500 is clamped by the optical fiber clamp 300, the optical fiber clamp is firstly moved to the optical fiber end face detection unit 200, the optical fiber end face detection unit 200 is used for detecting the end face of the optical fiber joint 502 of the optical fiber 500 to judge whether the optical fiber needs cleaning, and if the optical fiber needs cleaning, the optical fiber clamp 300 is moved to the cleaning unit 100. After the end face of the optical fiber connector 502 is cleaned by the wiping belt 105, the optical fiber clamp 300 is moved to the optical fiber end face detection unit 200, the end face of the cleaned optical fiber connector 502 is detected, whether the optical fiber connector is clean or not is judged, and if residual stains are detected, the optical fiber clamp returns to continue wiping. The cleaning device realizes the full automatic process of detecting the cleaning of the end face of the optical fiber connector 502 from the end face of the optical fiber connector 502, saves labor, ensures more accurate cleaning detection of the end face of the optical fiber connector 502, and improves the cleaning efficiency of the optical fiber 500.
To shorten the stroke of the fiber-optic jig 300, the fiber-optic endface detection unit 200 may be mounted near the cleaning unit 100, e.g., fixed to the mounting plate 101, with the detection port of the fiber-optic endface detection unit 200 preferably aligned in the same direction as the cleaning surface of the wiping strip 105.
The foregoing examples are merely illustrative of the present utility model and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model, and all designs that are the same or similar to the present utility model are within the scope of the present utility model.
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1. The utility model provides an optic fibre terminal surface self-cleaning device, includes cleaning element (100) and optic fibre clamp and get unit, its characterized in that: the cleaning unit (100) comprises a wiping strip (105) and a drive assembly (106) connected; the driving assembly (106) drives the wiping strip (105) to feed along the length direction of the wiping strip (105); the optical fiber clamping unit comprises a moving assembly (400), an optical fiber connector (502) and an optical fiber clamp (300) for positioning the optical fiber connector (502), wherein the optical fiber clamp (300) is arranged on the moving assembly (400); the cleaning unit is disposed within the stroke of the fiber optic connector (502).
2. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the optical fiber clamp (300) comprises a driving piece (301), a third guide rail (302), a first clamping jaw (303) and a second clamping jaw (304); the driving member (301) is mounted on the moving assembly (400); one end of each of the first clamping jaw (303) and the second clamping jaw (304) is slidably connected in the third guide rail (302); the driving member (301) drives the first clamping jaw (303) and the second clamping jaw (304) to move in the third guide rail (302).
3. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the clamping surfaces of the first clamping jaw (303) and the second clamping jaw (304) are respectively provided with an optical fiber positioning groove (305) matched with the optical fiber (500) in structure.
4. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the moving assembly (400) comprises a first guide rail (401) and a second guide rail (403); one end of the second guide rail (403) is slidably connected to the first guide rail (401) through a first slider (402), and the optical fiber clamp (300) is slidably connected to the second guide rail (403) through a second slider (404); the cleaning unit (100) is arranged at an end of the second guide rail (403) remote from the first guide rail (401).
5. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the cleaning unit (100) further comprises a mounting plate (101) and a drive assembly (106); the mounting plate (101) is provided with a winding wheel (102) and an unwinding wheel (104); the wiping strip (105) is wound on the rewind wheel (104); the winding wheel (102) is connected with the driving assembly (106); the wiping strip (105) is wound between the winding wheel (102) and the unwinding wheel (104).
6. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the mounting plate (101) is also provided with a thickness measuring sensor (107) for detecting the thickness of the wiping belt (105) in the unwinding wheel (104).
7. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 5, wherein: a tensioning wheel (103) is arranged between the winding wheel (102) and the unwinding wheel (104).
8. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 5, wherein: the driving component (106) is a stepping motor; the output end of the stepping motor is connected with the winding wheel (102).
9. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the device also comprises an optical fiber end face detection unit (200); the optical fiber end face detection unit (200) is arranged in the stroke of the optical fiber connector (502).
10. The fiber-optic endface automatic cleaning apparatus of claim 9, wherein: the optical fiber end face detection unit (200) is a CCD detector.
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