Patent attributes
A connection device for optical fiber includes a fastener for fastening two optical fiber ends (13, 25), a centering and guide element for centering and contacting the two ends, and a chamber filled with a cleaning product for cleaning the contact faces of the two ends of the optical fibers. The fastener includes, for each fiber end to be connected, a set of conical jaws (14, 21) suited to hold and to center an end, each set comprises has a face (19, 20) suited to be in contact with the other face so as to allow the two ends of the fibers to coincide along the same axis. At least one of the faces has at least one orifice communicating with a first chamber which contains a cleaning fluid, the chamber including a displaceable bushing (31) for emptying the chamber, the bushing being activated as the faces approach one another for contacting.
