US 11,938,519 B2
Optical connector cleaning tool and method of cleaning optical connector
Junichi Nakane, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/046,962
Filed by Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/046058
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/198273, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-076622 (JP), filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0146405 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 1/00 (2013.01) [B08B 7/0028 (2013.01); B08B 2240/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical connector cleaning tool for cleaning an optical connector, comprising:
a cleaning element comprising a tape-like adhesive element;
a tool body; and
an extension
comprising a head that presses the cleaning element onto the optical connector, wherein
by moving relatively with respect to the tool body, the extension carries the cleaning element to the head, and then stays out of the tool body to cause the cleaning element to contact the optical connector while the cleaning element is fixed with respect to the head.