TWM469967U - Cleaning device for optical fiber end - Google Patents

Description

Fiber head cleaning device

The present invention relates to the structural technology of fluid spray devices, and more particularly to a fiber tip cleaning device.

It is known that the current use of optical fibers is extremely wide, especially for communication, signal transmission or photoelectric transmission, and the fiber ends (that is, the two ends of the optical fibers) must be ground into a slightly convex surface, so that the fibers are in between. When joined, the optical loss between the two is minimal.

Generally, in the process of grinding the fiber tip, the surface of the fiber tip is often adhered to the powder generated by the grinding. In order to avoid affecting the transmission quality of the fiber, the powder attached to the surface of the fiber head must be removed. Therefore, when the fiber is After the head grinding is completed, the high-pressure liquid (such as water) is first used to clean the fiber head, and then the high-pressure air is used to remove the liquid attached to the surface of the fiber head, thereby removing the powder attached to the surface of the fiber head. However, the current fiber-optic head Cleaning operations rely on manual work, which is inconvenient for the operator.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the problem that the conventional fiber optic head relies on manual cleaning after grinding. In order to solve the above problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a fiber-optic head cleaning device, the technical means comprising: a fixture, suspended on a platform and revealing the top surface and the bottom surface of the fixture, on the fixture Forming a plurality of insertion holes for connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; one or more fiber heads are respectively embedded in an insertion seat, the insertion holes are provided for inserting the insertion seat, and the fiber head is protruded from the fixture a bottom surface; a washer, the movable pivot is placed at an opposite end of the bottom surface of the fixture, has a shaft column for rotation, and a shaft column Extending outwardly to form at least one column arm, wherein the shaft column and the column arm form a fluid passage, and one end portion of the column arm forms at least one obliquely inclined upwardly facing orifice, the fluid passage communicating with the The oblique injection hole is connected with a guiding port formed on the shaft column; wherein the guiding port guides the external fluid to be supplied to the oblique injection hole through the fluid passage to drive the column arm and the shaft column to rotate, and spray the fluid to clean The fiber head at the bottom of the fixture.

Accordingly, the force generated by spraying the high-pressure fluid outward from the oblique nozzle hole drives the column arm and the shaft column to rotate, and then the fluid is used to clean the polished fiber head by rotating spray. Instead of tradition, it relies on manual cleaning of the fiber ends.

In a further implementation, the fiber-optic head cleaning device is disposed on a fiber-optic head grinder, wherein the cap moves the jig to a grinding zone and a cleaning zone, and the grinding zone is provided with a fiber-optic head at the bottom of the grinding blade grinding fixture. The washer is disposed in the cleaning zone for cleaning the polished fiber tip. Accordingly, the fiber head is first moved to the grinding zone by the cap to be ground, and then moved to the cleaning zone to clean the polished fiber head, thereby achieving automation of the fiber head cleaning operation.

In a further implementation, a plurality of extending crossbars are formed around the jig, and a supporting hole is formed on the bearing platform, and a plurality of sockets for restraining the crossbar rotation are formed around the bearing hole, and the jig is received by the crossbar. Restricted and suspended in the bearing hole of the cap. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the fiber tip from being affected by the grinding to cause the rotation, and the fiber tip utilizes the displacement to receive the grinding pressure applied by the pneumatic actuator.

In a further implementation, the number of column arms is a plurality and has the same angle formed on the circumference of the shaft column, wherein the oblique nozzle holes on each column arm have the same arm length as the center of the shaft column. Accordingly, the force generated by spraying the fluid in the oblique nozzle hole is increased to drive the stability of the column arm and the shaft column when rotating.

In a further implementation, the fluid sprayed by the washer is one of a liquid, a gas. Accordingly, the liquid and the gas are sprayed by the washer to remove the powder adhering to the surface of the fiber tip.

In a further implementation, the guide port is via an electromagnetic three-way valve A liquid supply pipe and a high-pressure air pipe are respectively connected, and the electromagnetic three-way valve controls the oblique nozzle to spray liquid or gas to clean the fiber tip. According to this, the electromagnetic three-way valve is used to control the oblique nozzle hole. When cleaning the fiber tip, the powder attached to the surface of the fiber head is first removed by using a liquid (for example, water), and then the gas (for example, air) is attached to the surface of the fiber tip. The liquid is blown off.

In a further implementation, the washer further includes a cup cover, and the shaft post is pivoted within the cup cover, and the cup cover has an opening cover disposed on a bottom surface of the cap. Accordingly, the water sprayed by the washer is splashed around when the washer is cleaning the fiber tip.

In a further implementation, the fiber-optic head cleaning device further includes a cover that is disposed on the top surface of the platform, and the washer is seated below the cover. Accordingly, the water sprayed by the washer toward the fiber tip is prevented from splashing around through the bearing hole.

The specific implementation details of the above-mentioned methods and devices and the specific implementation details thereof will be described with reference to the following embodiments and drawings.

10‧‧‧ fixture

101‧‧‧ top surface

102‧‧‧ bottom

11‧‧‧ Central Anvil

12‧‧‧ Inserting holes

13‧‧‧cross bar

20‧‧‧Fiber head

21‧‧‧ inserted seat

30‧‧‧cleaner

31‧‧‧ shaft column

32‧‧‧ column arm

33‧‧‧ oblique orifice

34‧‧‧ lead

35‧‧‧ fluid passage

36‧‧‧ cup cover

37‧‧‧Drainage holes

38‧‧‧Vertical drive

39‧‧‧ Cover

40‧‧ ‧ captain

41‧‧‧Holding holes

42‧‧‧ seat

43‧‧‧Linear slides

44‧‧‧ horizontal drive

50‧‧‧Fiber head grinder

51‧‧‧ grinding area

52‧‧‧Clean area

60‧‧‧ polishing table

61‧‧‧Abrasive

62‧‧‧ pneumatic drive

63‧‧‧ gas-electric proportional control valve

70‧‧‧Electromagnetic three-way valve

71‧‧‧Liquid supply pipe

72‧‧‧High pressure air tube

H‧‧‧arm length

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of the jig of the present invention.

2 is a schematic view showing the configuration of the cleaner of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a schematic view showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a plan view of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of Figure 5;

7 and 8 are schematic views of the operation of Fig. 6, respectively.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view showing the arrangement of an electromagnetic three-way valve.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, a first embodiment of the present invention is disclosed, and the optical fiber head cleaning device provided by the present invention comprises a jig 10, more than one optical fiber head 20 and a washer 30. Wherein: please refer to FIG. 1 , which shows that the jig 10 is in the form of a disk. A central anvil portion 11 is formed on the center of the disk surface of the jig 10, and a plurality of insertion holes 12 are equally spaced around the central anvil portion 11, and the insertion hole 12 is connected to the top surface 101 of the jig 10 to The bottom surface 102 of the jig, when the central anvil 11 is pressed, the force transmitted from the central anvil 11 is evenly dispersed on the insertion hole 12 around the central anvil 11, and the jig 10 is suspended. The holding method is disposed on a cap 40 so that the jig 10 can receive the required grinding pressure by using the displacement during the grinding process, and the cap 40 can restrain the jig 10 to avoid the jig 10 being subjected to the lapping process. The time followed by the rotation.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the fiber optic heads 20 are respectively embedded in a socket 21 . In practice, the fiber optic head 20 is connected to an electronic device (such as a computer) via the interposer 21 . In the present invention, The optical fiber head 20 is inserted into the insertion hole 12 via the insertion seat 21, and when the optical fiber head 20 is inserted into the insertion hole 12 from the top surface 101, one end thereof is protruded from the bottom surface 102 of the jig 10, Therefore, the optical fiber head 20 is fixed to the jig 10 to maintain its stability during the grinding process, thereby improving the polishing quality.

Next, referring to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the washer 30 includes a shaft post 31 that is pivotally disposed below the bottom surface 102 of the jig 10, and the top of the shaft post 31 extends outwardly to form In the present embodiment, the number of the column arms 32 is three, and is equiangularly distributed on the shaft column 31, and one end portion of the column arm 32 forms at least one obliquely inclined upward. A pilot port 34 is formed in the bottom of the shaft 33, and a fluid passage 35 is formed in the shaft 31 and the column arm 32. The oblique nozzle 33 and the guide port 34 are borrowed. The fluid passage 35 communicates with the guide port 34 to guide the external fluid to be ejected from the oblique injection hole 33 through the fluid passage 35. In practice, the fluid is one of a liquid (for example, water) and a gas (for example, air). By the rotation axis of the shaft column 31, the arm length h between the oblique injection hole 33 and the shaft column 31 is a force arm, and the force generated by the fluid being sprayed from the oblique injection hole 33 drives the column arm 32 to rotate. And using the oblique nozzle hole 33 and the center of the shaft column 31 to have the same arm length h, so that the force generated by the oblique nozzle hole 33 can be For all of It is used on the column arm 32 and the shaft column 31 to improve the stability of the column arm 32 and the shaft column 31 when rotating, so that the washer 30 can sufficiently clean the fiber tip 20. The washer 30 further includes a cup cover 36. The cup cover 36 has a groove shape. The shaft post 31 is pivoted in the cup cover 36. The cup cover 36 has an upward opening cover on the cap 40. The bottom surface of the cup cover 36 has a slope shape. When the water sprayed by the washer 30 for cleaning the fiber head 20 flows upward from the top, the slope of the bottom portion of the cup cover 36 can be disposed at the bottom of the slope. The drain hole 37 flows away, and the water flowing into the cup cover 36 is discharged through the drain hole 37. Further, the cup cover 36 is connected with a vertical drive 38 which is driven by the vertical drive 38 toward the cap. The position of 40 moves, and when the cup cover 36 comes into contact with the cap 40, the water sprayed by the washer 30 toward the fiber tip 30 can be prevented from splashing around, resulting in additional cleaning work and malfunction of the implement due to water ingress.

Further, please refer to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 to illustrate that the fiber-optic head cleaning device of the present invention is disposed on a fiber-optic head grinder 50, and the fiber-optic head grinder 50 is disposed with a grinding zone 51 at intervals. a cleaning zone 52, the fixture 10 is slidably disposed on a linear slide 43 by a cap 40, and is displaced between the polishing zone 51 and the cleaning zone 52 by a horizontal drive 44, wherein the fixture is displaced. A polishing table 60 is disposed in the region 51, and the polishing table 60 carries an abrasive sheet 61 thereon, and the polishing sheet 61 is ground by the polishing table 60, wherein the fixture 10 is moved to When the polishing table 60 is above, the pressure of the central anvil 11 of the jig is pressed downward by the pneumatic actuator 62 disposed above the polishing table 60 and the air pressure output by the gas proportional control valve 63. Further, the polishing pressure required for the fiber head 20 to receive the polishing of the polishing sheet 61 is provided, and the washer 30 is disposed in the cleaning zone 52, and the ground fiber 20 is cleaned by the fluid sprayed by the washer 30. .

Next, referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, it is explained that a plurality of cross bars 13 are formed around the disk surface of the jig 10, and the cross bars 13 are equiangularly extended from the center of the jig 10, in this embodiment. In the middle, the number of cross bars 13 is three. A bearing hole 41 having a circular shape is formed on the bearing platform 40, and a plurality of sockets 42 are formed on the bearing platform 40 around the bearing hole 41. In this embodiment, the bearing base 42 is a double-sided bearing wall frame. The circumference is formed by forming a vertical bearing groove, and the number of the bearing seats 42 is the same. The jig 10 is placed in the vertical bearing groove of the bearing seat 42 by the cross bar 13 and is supported by the double-sided bearing wall of the bearing seat 42. The cross bar 13 in the restraining groove is rotated, so that the jig 10 is positioned in the receiving hole 41, so as to prevent the fiber head 20 inserted into the jig 10 from being rotated when receiving the rotating grinding of the grinding blade 61. In turn, the polishing quality of the fiber tip 20 is affected.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, the description further includes a cover 39 for covering the top surface of the platform 40. Further, the washer 30 is seated below the cover 39. When the optical fiber head 20 is moved above the washer 30, the cover 39 is covered on the top surface of the cap 40 by manual or mechanical movement, and the water sprayed by the washer 30 when cleaning the fiber tip 20 can be prevented from passing. The bearing hole 41 is splashed all around, thereby generating additional cleaning work.

According to the above configuration, please refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 , and the operation diagram of the present invention is sequentially disclosed, and the optical fiber head 20 is moved to the upper side of the washer 30 after receiving the grinding (as shown in FIG. 7 ), and the cover is used. The body 39 covers the jig 10 in which the fiber optic head 20 is inserted, and then, by the driving of the vertical driver 38, the cup cover 36 is brought into contact with the cap 40 (as shown in FIG. 8), thereby avoiding cleaning the fiber tip 20. The liquid (for example, water) sprayed from the oblique spray holes 33 is splashed all around, and then the washer 30 first uses water to remove the powder adhering to the surface of the optical fiber head 20 by grinding, and then uses a gas (for example, air). The water attached to the surface of the optical fiber head 20 is blown off, thereby completing the cleaning operation of the optical fiber head 20.

In addition, referring to FIG. 9, the introduction port 34 can be connected to a liquid supply pipe 71 and a high-pressure air pipe 72 by an electromagnetic three-way valve 70, respectively, by an electromagnetic three-way valve 70. To control the oblique spray hole 33, the liquid (for example, water) supplied from the liquid supply pipe 71 is sprayed first, and the powder or dust adhering to the surface of the optical fiber head 20 is removed, and the gas supplied from the high pressure air pipe 72 (for example, high pressure air) is used. The water attached to the surface of the fiber optic head 20 is blown off to achieve cleaning The purpose of the fiber optic head 20.

According to the description of the above embodiments, the optical fiber head cleaning device of the present invention is generated by moving the polishing head to the cleaning area after the fiber head is subjected to grinding in the grinding zone, and spraying the liquid and gas through the oblique nozzle hole. The force is used to drive the column arm and the column to rotate, and the column arm and the column column rotate to uniformly distribute the water curtain sprayed outward from the oblique nozzle hole, thereby achieving the purpose of sufficiently cleaning the fiber head. Replacing the tradition relies on manual cleaning of the fiber optic head to automate the cleaning of the fiber tip.

The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, but are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and improvements without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the present invention is subject to the content of the claims defined in the scope of the patent application.

10‧‧‧ fixture

11‧‧‧ Central Anvil

13‧‧‧cross bar

30‧‧‧cleaner

40‧‧ ‧ captain

41‧‧‧Holding holes

42‧‧‧ seat

43‧‧‧Linear slides

44‧‧‧ horizontal drive

50‧‧‧Fiber head grinder

60‧‧‧ polishing table

61‧‧‧Abrasive

62‧‧‧ pneumatic drive

63‧‧‧ gas-electric proportional control valve

Claims (9)

A fiber-optic head cleaning device comprises: a fixture, suspended on a platform and exposing a top surface and a bottom surface of the fixture; the fixture has a plurality of insertion holes connecting the top surface and the bottom surface; and more than one optical fiber The heads are respectively embedded in a socket, the insertion holes are provided for inserting the insertion seat, the fiber head is protruded from the bottom surface of the fixture; and a cleaner is disposed at an opposite end of the bottom surface of the fixture a shaft column for rotation, and at least one column arm extending outwardly from the shaft column to form a locating shape, the shaft column and the column arm forming a fluid passage inside, and one end portion of the column arm forms at least one upward slope An oblique nozzle hole, the fluid passage is connected between the oblique spray hole and a guide hole formed on the shaft column; wherein the guide port guides the external fluid to be supplied to the oblique spray hole through the fluid passage The column arm and the column are rotated, and the fluid is sprayed to clean the fiber head at the bottom of the fixture. The fiber-optic head cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the fiber-optic head cleaning device is disposed on a fiber-optic head grinder, wherein the cap moves the jig to a grinding zone and a cleaning zone, and the grinding zone is provided with an abrasive pad grinding process. A fiber optic head having a bottom disposed in the cleaning zone for cleaning the polished fiber tip. The fiber-optic head cleaning device of claim 2, wherein a plurality of extending crossbars are formed around the fixture, a bearing hole is formed on the bearing platform, and a plurality of restraining crossbars are formed around the bearing hole. The seat is held by the restraint of the crossbar and suspended in the bearing hole of the cap. The fiber-optic head cleaning device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of the column arms is a plurality and the same angle formed on the circumference of the shaft column or the like. The fiber-optic head cleaning device of claim 4, wherein the oblique nozzle holes on each of the column arms have the same arm length from the center of the shaft column. The fiber-optic head cleaning device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the fluid sprayed by the washer is one of a liquid and a gas. The optical fiber head cleaning device of claim 6, wherein The guiding port is respectively connected to a liquid supply pipe and a high-pressure air pipe via an electromagnetic three-way valve, and the electromagnetic three-way valve controls the oblique nozzle to spray liquid or gas to clean the fiber tip. The fiber-optic head cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the washer further comprises a cup cover, and the shaft post is pivoted in the cup cover, and the cup cover has an opening cover disposed on the bottom surface of the cap . The optical fiber head cleaning device of claim 1, further comprising a cover disposed on a top surface of the platform, wherein the cleaner is located below the cover.