A cleaning tool includes a support substrate, a cleaning member, a shaft member where the cleaning member is connected to one end of the shaft member detachably, and support member mounted to the a support substrate for supporting the one end of the shaft member with the cleaning member so that the shaft member and cleaning member are oscillated freely in a direction which intersects perpendicularly to an axial direction of the shaft member. The cleaning tool may be used to clean an end surface of a ferrule of the optical connector.
This invention is directed to a cleaning insert and cleaning assembly to remove debris or contaminants from optical fiber connectors including connectors attached to system backplanes. The cleaning insert is treated with a cleaning agent such as an adhesive. The cleaning insert is secured in a cleaning assembly that is coupled to the connector to be cleaned. The treated cleaning insert contacts the ferrule of the optical fiber connector to remove the contaminants.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering a cleaning and inspection device to an appropriate position on a backplane having an optical connector. A set of tubes corresponding to the number of optical connectors is attached to the rear of a connector assembly or some other similar device capable of being coupled to a connector housing containing the optical connector. The diameter of the hollow tube large enough to accommodate the insertion of several types of cleaning and inspection devices including optical cleaning swabs and scopes. After the connector assembly is mated with the connector housing, the tubes can provide direct access to each optical connector for cleaning and inspection.
The present invention relates to an optical-connector cleaning device, wherein an outer casing has an openable and closable window, through which a cleaning tape for cleaning fiber end surface of the optical connectors is gradually fed.The optical-connector cleaning device according to the invention includes a cassette for integrally holding a reel for feeding unused cleaning tape and a reel for taking up the used cleaning tape, wherein the cassette can be attached to and detached from the outer casing, thus facilitating the replacement of the cleaning tape.Furthermore, in the optical-connector cleaning device according to the invention, a replacement unit including a guide plate for guiding the fiber end surface of the optical connector and a rubber pad serving as a base for the cleaning tape can be detachably disposed at a position corresponding to the window in the outer casing, thus facilitating the cleaning of optical connectors having different shapes.
The cleaning apparatus for electrodes includes a supporting container provided with a replaceable brush body; and a rotation mechanism for the rotation of the supporting container. The brush body accepts the insertion of the electrodes and cleans the tip end thereof by rotation.
A cleaning tool for cleaning particulate matter from contact surfaces of fiber-optics ferrules of an electronics assembly has one or more first connector halves for engaging one or more second connector halves hosting the ferrules to be cleaned, and one or more cleaning inserts provided within the one or more first connector halves, the cleaning inserts comprising adherent surfaces for removing particulates from engaged surfaces. The tool is characterized in that the one or more cleaning inserts are sized to contact the contact surfaces of the fiber optics ferrules with the first connector half engaged in the second connector half.
