Optical fiber coating layer cleaning device

Abstract

The utility model relates to an optical fiber coating layer cleaning device which comprises two optical fiber clamping mechanisms for clamping optical fibers and a cleaning electric sliding table moving in the length direction of the optical fibers, a stripping mechanism driving air cylinder and a cleaning mechanism driving air cylinder are installed on a moving portion of the cleaning electric sliding table, a stripping mechanism is installed on the stripping mechanism driving air cylinder, and a cleaning mechanism is installed on the cleaning mechanism driving air cylinder. A cleaning mechanism is installed on the cleaning mechanism driving air cylinder and comprises a cleaning support and a cleaning pneumatic clamping jaw fixedly connected to the cleaning support, cleaning jaws are fixedly connected to two clamping fingers of the cleaning pneumatic clamping jaw, two cloth strip frames are installed on the cleaning support, and the cloth strip frames are fixedly connected to the cleaning pneumatic clamping jaw. According to the optical fiber cleaning device, the optical fiber is clamped through the cloth strips, the bare fiber position of the optical fiber is subjected to friction cleaning, the cleaning effect is improved by spraying alcohol, the cloth strips are moved through the air cylinder, and therefore the optical fiber is cleaned through the clean cloth strips all the time. And the cleanliness of the bare fiber is improved, so that the subsequent melting operation is facilitated.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to optical fiber fusion technical field, specifically point to a kind of optical fiber coating cleaning device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Optical fiber is the abbreviation of optical waveguide fiber, it is a kind of fiber made of glass or plastic, can be used as light transmission tool, optical fiber coating is the outermost structure of optical fiber, while glass optical fiber is drawn out by preform, in order to prevent the pollution of dust, a layer of elastic coating is cured by ultraviolet light, it is composed of acrylate, silicone rubber and nylon etc.

[0003] Before two or more optical fibers are fused by optical fiber fusion tapering machine, the coating on the optical fiber needs to be scraped off, there are many devices for removing coating at present, for example, the invention patent with publication number CN111399119A discloses optical fiber stripping device and optical fiber stripping cutting system, the coating is separated from the core by scraping of stripping blade mechanism, thereby automatically completing the stripping of the coating. However, the stripped coating still adheres to the optical fiber, affecting the subsequent fusion operation. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model provides a kind of optical fiber coating cleaning device for the deficiency of prior art.

[0005] The utility model is realized by the following technical scheme, provide a kind of optical fiber coating cleaning device, including two optical fiber clamping mechanisms of clamping optical fiber and the cleaning electric slide that moves along the length direction of optical fiber, stripping mechanism drive cylinder and cleaning mechanism drive cylinder are installed on the moving part of the cleaning electric slide, stripping mechanism drive cylinder is installed on stripping mechanism, cleaning mechanism drive cylinder is installed on cleaning mechanism, the cleaning mechanism includes cleaning support and the cleaning pneumatic gripper of being fixed on cleaning support, the two clamping fingers of the cleaning pneumatic gripper are all fixed with cleaning claw, two cloth strip racks are installed on the cleaning support, two cloth strips respectively after passing through two cloth strip racks enter between two cleaning claws.

[0006] As optimization, the cleaning mechanism further includes two cloth strip reels rotatably connected to the cleaning support, and the two cloth strips are wound on the two cloth strip reels.

[0007] As optimization, the cleaning mechanism includes cloth strip pneumatic gripper and cloth strip pulling cylinder for driving the cloth strip pneumatic gripper to move, and the two ends of the two cloth strips away from the cloth strip reels pass through the two clamping fingers of the cloth strip pneumatic gripper.

[0008] As optimization, the cleaning mechanism further includes cleaning liquid spray head installed on the cleaning support and cleaning liquid pump for providing cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid spray head.

[0009] As an optimization, the stripping mechanism includes a stripping clamp and a stripping clamp cylinder for driving the stripping clamp to open and close.

[0010] As an optimization, the optical fiber clamping mechanism includes an optical fiber table and an angle clamping cylinder for pressing the optical fiber onto the optical fiber table.

[0011] As an optimization, the optical fiber table is fixed with optical fiber guide plates located on both sides of the pressing block of the corner clamping cylinder, and the optical fiber guide plates are provided with V-shaped guide grooves.

[0012] The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the utility model provides an optical fiber coating cleaning device, which clamps the optical fiber through a cloth strip, frictionally cleans the bare fiber position of the optical fiber, and improves the cleaning effect by spraying alcohol, and realizes the movement of the cloth strip through a cylinder, so that the optical fiber is always cleaned by a clean cloth strip, thereby improving the cleanliness of the bare fiber for subsequent melting operations. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the utility model;

[0014] Figure 2 This is a top view of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the cleaning mechanism structure of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 4 This is a front view of the cleaning mechanism of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 5 This is a right side view of the cleaning mechanism of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 6 For this utility model Figure 5 Middle AA plane section view;

[0019] Figure 7 For this utility model Figure 6 Middle partial enlarged view;

[0020] Figure 8 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the peeling mechanism of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 9 This is a front view of the peeling mechanism of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 10 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the optical fiber clamping mechanism of the utility model;

[0023] As shown in the figure:

[0024] 1, cleaning electric sliding platform, 2, stripping mechanism, 21, stripping forceps mounting seat, 22, fixed forceps, 23, floating forceps, 24, stripping forceps cylinder, 25, fixed forceps stripping groove, 26, floating forceps stripping groove, 3, cleaning mechanism, 31, cleaning support, 32, cleaning pneumatic clamping jaw, 33, cleaning jaw, 34, cloth strip rack, 35, cleaning liquid pump, 36, cleaning liquid spray head, 37, cloth strip disc, 38, cloth strip, 39, cloth strip pneumatic clamping jaw, 30, cloth strip pulling cylinder, 4, optical fiber clamping mechanism, 41, optical fiber table, 42, corner clamping cylinder, 43, optical fiber guide plate, 5, stripping mechanism drive cylinder, 6, cleaning mechanism drive cylinder, 7, cleaning device bottom plate, 8, optical fiber. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] In order to clearly illustrate the technical features of the scheme, the following through specific embodiments, on the scheme is described.

[0026] As Figures 1-10 shown, a kind of optical fiber coating cleaning device of the utility model, including two optical fiber clamping mechanism 4 of clamping optical fiber and the cleaning electric sliding platform 1 moving along the length direction of optical fiber, optical fiber clamping mechanism 4 and cleaning electric sliding platform 1 in this embodiment are installed on horizontal cleaning device bottom plate 7, two optical fiber clamping mechanism 4 is located in the side of cleaning electric sliding platform 1, cleaning electric sliding platform is prior art, its moving part is horizontal plate, moves by motor screw rod horizontal.

[0027] Optical fiber is clamped on two optical fiber clamping mechanism 4, and the optical fiber between two optical fiber clamping mechanism 4 is coated and cleaned.

[0028] As Figure 10 shown, the optical fiber clamping mechanism 4 includes optical fiber table 41 and corner clamping cylinder 42, which presses the optical fiber on the optical fiber table 41, the upper end surface of the optical fiber table 41 is a plane, the corner clamping cylinder 42 is fixed on the side of the optical fiber table 41 by bolts, the corner clamping cylinder 42 is prior art, the upper end is a pressing block, which is driven by pneumatic to lift and rotate, in this embodiment, the rotating angle of the pressing block is 90 degrees, when pressing, the pressing block first rotates 90 degrees above the optical fiber table 41, and then the pressing block presses the optical fiber on the optical fiber table 41; when releasing, the pressing block first goes up, and then rotates 90 degrees to avoid the position above the optical fiber table 41, so as to facilitate the optical fiber feeding device to arrange new optical fiber above the optical fiber table 41.

[0029] The optical fiber guide plate 43 is fixed on the optical fiber table 41 on both sides of the pressing block of the corner clamping cylinder 42, and the optical fiber guide plate 43 has a V-shaped guide groove, so as to facilitate the positioning of the pressed optical fiber, and make it located in the V-shaped guide groove.

[0030] The moving part of the cleaning electric sliding table 1 is provided with a stripping mechanism driving cylinder 5 and a cleaning mechanism driving cylinder 6, and the extension direction of the stripping mechanism driving cylinder 5 and the cleaning mechanism driving cylinder 6 is perpendicular to the moving direction of the cleaning electric sliding table 1. The extension end of the stripping mechanism driving cylinder 5 is provided with a stripping mechanism 2, which is used for stripping the coating layer. The extension end of the cleaning mechanism driving cylinder 6 is provided with a cleaning mechanism 3, which is used for cleaning after stripping.

[0031] As shown in Figure 8 , 9 , the stripping mechanism 2 comprises stripping pliers and a stripping plier cylinder 24 for driving the stripping pliers to open and close. The stripping pliers comprise a fixed plier 22 and a floating plier 23. The fixed plier 22 is fixed on a stripping plier mounting seat 21, and the stripping plier mounting seat 21 is fixed on the extension end of the stripping mechanism driving cylinder 5 by bolts. The floating plier 23 is hinged to the fixed plier 22. The fixed plier is provided with a fixed plier stripping groove 25 in the plier opening, and the floating plier 23 is provided with a floating plier stripping groove 26 in the plier opening. The stripping plier cylinder 24 is installed on the stripping plier mounting seat, and the floating plier 23 is swung by the stripping plier cylinder 24 to realize the opening and closing of the stripping pliers.

[0032] After the stripping pliers are closed, the fixed plier stripping groove 25 and the floating plier stripping groove 26 wrap the optical fiber. The cleaning electric sliding table 1 drives the stripping mechanism to move along the optical fiber to realize the removal of the coating layer.

[0033] As shown in Figures 2-6 , the cleaning mechanism 3 comprises a cleaning support 31 and a cleaning pneumatic clamp jaw 32 fixed on the cleaning support 31. The cleaning support 31 is fixed on the extension end of the cleaning mechanism driving cylinder 6 by bolts. The cleaning pneumatic clamp jaw 32 is installed on one end of the cleaning support 31 close to the optical fiber 8, and the two clamp fingers of the cleaning pneumatic clamp jaw 32 open and close up and down.

[0034] The two clamp fingers of the cleaning pneumatic clamp jaw 32 are each fixed with a cleaning claw 33, as shown in Figure 2 , the cleaning claw 33 is fixed on the side surface of the clamp finger of the cleaning pneumatic clamp jaw 32, so that the cleaning claw 33 is arranged in a staggered manner with the cleaning pneumatic clamp jaw 32, thereby facilitating the subsequent cloth strips to pass through the two cleaning claws 33.

[0035] The cleaning support 31 is provided with two cloth strip racks 34, and the front end of the cloth strip rack 34 extends to the front of the cleaning claw 33. Two cloth strips 38 pass around the two cloth strip racks 34 and enter between the two cleaning claws 33. In this embodiment, the cloth strip rack 34 comprises two side strips on the sides and a plurality of round rods connected between the two side strips, as shown in Figure 7 , the cloth strip passes through the round rod and is positioned by the two side strips to prevent left and right movement.

[0036] The cleaning mechanism 3 also includes two cloth strip discs 37 axially connected to the cleaning bracket 31, and two cloth strips 38 are respectively wound on the two cloth strip discs 37. After the cloth strips are drawn out from the cloth strip discs 37, they enter between the two cleaning claws 33. Then, after the two cloth strips clean the middle optical fiber, the two cloth strips are attached to each other backward, pass through the guide slot on the cleaning bracket 31, and then enter the cloth strip pneumatic clamping claw 39 at the back.

[0037] The cleaning mechanism 3 includes a pneumatic cloth clamp 39 and a cloth-pulling cylinder 30 that drives the pneumatic cloth clamp 39 backward. The ends of two cloth strips 38, which are away from the cloth plate 37, pass through the two clamping fingers of the pneumatic cloth clamp 39. After each cleaning is completed, the pneumatic cloth clamp 39 tightens the cloth strip behind it, and the cloth-pulling cylinder 30 pulls the cloth strip backward a certain distance, so that the cloth strip between the two cleaning claws 33 is clean.

[0038] The cleaning mechanism 3 further includes a cleaning liquid spray head 36 mounted on the cleaning bracket 31 and a cleaning liquid pump 35 for supplying cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid spray head 36. The cleaning liquid spray head 36 is oriented toward a position between the two cleaning claws 33.

[0039] The use method of this utility model:

[0040] The optical fiber is pressed against the optical fiber table 41 by the two corner clamping cylinders 42 in the optical fiber clamping mechanism 4. The stripping mechanism driving cylinder 5 drives the stripping mechanism 2 to move forward so that the optical fiber is located in the jaws of the stripping clamp. The stripping clamp cylinder 24 controls the stripping clamp to close so that the stripping groove clamps the main optical fiber.

[0041] The motor of the cleaning electric slide 1 drives the stripping mechanism 2 to move left and right along the direction of the optical fiber twice to strip the coating from the optical fiber, leaving only the bare fiber; at this time, the stripped coating is still adhered to the optical fiber and needs to be cleaned in the third step.

[0042] During cleaning, the stripping mechanism 2 retracts backward, and the cleaning electric slide 1 drives the cleaning mechanism 3 to move to the stripping position. The cleaning mechanism drives the cylinder 6 to drive the cleaning mechanism 3 forward, so that the optical fiber is located between the two cloth strips 38 between the two cleaning claws 33, and the cleaning pneumatic clamping jaws 32 drive the two cleaning claws 33 to close, which can ensure that the cloth strip 38 fully wraps the optical fiber to be cleaned; to ensure that the optical fiber is clean, alcohol should be sprayed on the cloth strip; finally, the cleaning electric slide 1 drives the cleaning mechanism 3 to move left and right along the direction of the optical fiber for two cycles to complete the optical fiber cleaning action.

[0043] Of course, the above description is also not limited to the above examples, the technical features not described in the utility model can be realized by or using the prior art, which will not be repeated here; the above embodiments and drawings are only used to illustrate the technical scheme of the utility model and are not a limitation on the utility model, the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, and those skilled in the art should understand that the changes, modifications, additions or replacements made by those skilled in the art within the essential scope of the utility model do not deviate from the purpose of the utility model, and should also belong to the protection scope of the claims of the utility model.

Claims

1. An optical fiber coating cleaning device, characterized in that: The invention comprises two optical fiber clamping mechanisms (4) for clamping optical fibers and a cleaning electric slide (1) that moves along the length direction of the optical fibers, wherein a stripping mechanism driving cylinder (5) and a cleaning mechanism driving cylinder (6) are mounted on the moving portion of the cleaning electric slide (1), a stripping mechanism driving cylinder (5) is mounted on the stripping mechanism driving cylinder (2), and a cleaning mechanism (3) is mounted on the cleaning mechanism driving cylinder (6), wherein the cleaning mechanism (3) comprises a cleaning bracket (31) and a cleaning pneumatic clamping jaw (32) fixed to the cleaning bracket (31), wherein both clamping fingers of the cleaning pneumatic clamping jaw (32) are fixed to a cleaning claw (33), and two cloth strip racks (34) are mounted on the cleaning bracket (31), and two cloth strips (38) respectively pass around the two cloth strip racks (34) and enter between the two cleaning claws (33).

2. The optical fiber coating cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism (3) further comprises two cloth strip discs (37) axially connected to the cleaning bracket (31), and two cloth strips (38) are respectively wound around the two cloth strip discs (37).

3. The optical fiber coating cleaning device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism (3) comprises a cloth strip pneumatic clamp (39) and a cloth strip pulling cylinder (30) for driving the cloth strip pneumatic clamp (39) to move, and one end of the two cloth strips (38) away from the cloth strip disc (37) passes through the two clamping fingers of the cloth strip pneumatic clamp (39).

4. The optical fiber coating cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning mechanism (3) further comprises a cleaning liquid nozzle (36) mounted on the cleaning bracket (31) and a cleaning liquid pump (35) for supplying cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid nozzle (36).

5. The optical fiber coating cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stripping mechanism (2) comprises a stripping clamp and a stripping clamp cylinder (24) for driving the stripping clamp to open and close.

6. The optical fiber coating cleaning device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The optical fiber clamping mechanism (4) comprises an optical fiber table (41) and an angle clamping cylinder (42) for pressing the optical fiber onto the optical fiber table (41).

7. The optical fiber coating cleaning device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The optical fiber platform (41) is fixedly connected with optical fiber guide plates (43) located on both sides of the pressing block of the corner clamping cylinder (42), and the optical fiber guide plates (43) are provided with V-shaped guide grooves.

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