CN114879317B - Magnetic type optical fiber connecting device and optical fiber wiring method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a magnetic type optical fiber connecting device and an optical fiber wiring method, which belong to the technical field of optical fiber wiring, wherein the magnetic type optical fiber connecting device comprises: the outer wall of the optical fiber connector is provided with a clamping area for clamping the grabbing device; a fiber optic adapter having a mounting cavity therein for inserting a fiber optic connector; the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter is connected with a magnetic conduction piece in a sliding way, the magnetic conduction piece is connected with a locking elastic piece, and the locking elastic piece is provided with a driving force for driving the magnetic conduction piece to slide inwards along the radial direction; a groove for embedding a magnetic conduction piece is formed in one end of the outer wall of the optical fiber connector, which is used for being inserted into the optical fiber adapter; according to the magnetic type optical fiber connecting device, when the optical fiber connector is inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter, the magnetic conducting piece is embedded into the groove under the drive of the locking elastic piece, so that locking is performed, and when unlocking is performed, the magnetic conducting piece is attracted outwards through the magnetic piece, so that locking can be released; thereby facilitating the automatic fiber distribution operation by the robot.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of optical fiber wiring, in particular to a magnetic type optical fiber connecting device and an optical fiber wiring method.
Background
With the development of network technology, the optical fiber networks are increasingly accessed, the wiring devices of the core machine room are increasingly more and more, and the optical fibers have large capacity and are densely arranged. Because the existing optical fiber connector and optical fiber adapter are designed for manual insertion and extraction, the problems of laborious disassembly, poor reinstallation contact, easy damage to the optical fibers and the like exist in the process of modifying or installing the optical fiber wiring.
Accordingly, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, there is a need for a standard optical fiber connector and adapter that can be inserted and removed by a robot arm, that is, that can be automatically wired by a gripping device attached to the robot arm by simulating a human hand to follow a specific route, thereby realizing automated optical fiber wiring.
Disclosure of Invention
Accordingly, the present invention provides a magnetic type optical fiber connection device and a method for optical fiber wiring using the same, which solve the technical problem of automatic optical fiber wiring by inserting and extracting an optical fiber connector and an optical fiber adapter using a mechanical arm.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a magnetic type optical fiber connection device, including:
the optical fiber connector is used for connecting optical fibers, and the outer wall of the optical fiber connector is provided with a clamping area for clamping the grabbing device;
a fiber optic adapter having a mounting cavity therein for inserting the fiber optic connector;
the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter is internally and slidably connected with a magnetic conduction piece, the magnetic conduction piece is connected with a locking elastic piece, and the locking elastic piece is provided with a driving force for driving the magnetic conduction piece to slide inwards along the radial direction;
a groove for embedding the magnetic conduction piece is formed in one end of the outer wall of the optical fiber connector, which is used for being inserted into the optical fiber adapter; when the optical fiber connector is inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter, the magnetic conducting piece is embedded into the groove under the driving of the locking elastic piece.
Optionally, the fiber optic adapter has two detachable adapters in a mating arrangement, each for connecting to one of the fiber optic connectors.
Optionally, the inside of any one of the adaptor parts of the optical fiber adaptor is respectively provided with a chute for installing the magnetic conductive part, and after the magnetic conductive part is installed in the chute, the opening of the chute is plugged by the filling block.
Optionally, the clamping area of the optical fiber connector is cylindrical.
Optionally, two ends of the clamping area of the optical fiber connector are respectively provided with clamping rings.
Optionally, the optical fiber connector includes: the cylinder and connect the lower shell of cylinder one end, form on the outer wall of cylinder the joint area, form on the outer wall of lower shell the recess.
Optionally, the optical fiber connector further comprises: and the upper shell is detachably connected to the other end of the column body, and the optical fiber is partially clamped in the column body through the upper shell and the lower shell.
Optionally, an insertion end of the lower housing for inserting the optical fiber adapter and an end of the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter for inserting the lower housing are respectively provided with a chamfer structure.
Optionally, one end of the magnetic conductive member has a receiving groove for receiving a locking elastic member, and the other end of the magnetic conductive member has a locking tongue for extending into the groove of the optical fiber connector.
The invention provides an optical fiber wiring method, adopting any one of the magnetic attraction type optical fiber connecting device, comprising the following steps: the step of extracting the fiber optic connector from the fiber optic adapter further comprises: inserting the fiber optic connector into a mounting cavity of another fiber optic adapter, wherein the step of extracting the fiber optic connector from the fiber optic adapter comprises:
gripping the clamping area of the optical fiber connector through a gripping device;
the magnetic piece is close to the magnetic piece of the optical fiber adapter, so that the magnetic piece overcomes the elastic force of the locking elastic piece and is separated from the groove of the optical fiber connector;
and moving the grabbing device along the Z-axis direction to pull the optical fiber connector out of the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter.
Optionally, the step of inserting the fiber optic connector into the mounting cavity of the additional fiber optic adapter comprises:
the horizontal movement grabbing device moves the optical fiber connector to the assembling position of the next optical fiber adapter;
the gripping device is vertically moved, the optical fiber connector is inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter, the insertion end of the optical fiber connector pushes against the magnetic conduction piece in the optical fiber adapter, the magnetic conduction piece is retracted backwards against the elastic force of the locking elastic piece, and after the optical fiber connector is inserted in place, the lock tongue of the magnetic conduction piece is inserted into the groove of the optical fiber connector under the action of the locking elastic piece;
the gripping device is moved horizontally so that the gripping device is separated from the optical fiber connector.
The technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:
1. according to the magnetic type optical fiber connecting device, when the optical fiber connector is inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter along the Z axis, the magnetic conductive piece is embedded into the groove under the drive of the locking elastic piece, so that locking is performed, when unlocking, the magnetic conductive piece in the optical fiber adapter is attracted, locking can be released, and then the optical fiber connector is pulled out of the optical fiber adapter, so that automatic optical fiber wiring operation through the mechanical arm is facilitated.
2. The magnetic type optical fiber connector provided by the invention has the advantages that the optical fiber connector adopts the cylindrical and smaller magnetic structure, so that the sizes of the optical fiber connector and the optical fiber adapter are smaller, and under the same volume, the optical fiber capacity of the automatic optical fiber wiring device using the optical fiber connector and the optical fiber adapter can be increased by 1.5 times compared with that of an SC type connector and an adapter.
3. According to the optical fiber wiring method, when the optical fiber connector is pulled out of the optical fiber adapter, unlocking can be performed by driving the magnetic conduction piece of the optical fiber adapter, so that the optical fiber connector can be pulled out of the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter conveniently, and automatic optical fiber wiring operation is realized through the mechanical arm.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one implementation of a magnetically attractable fiber optic connection device provided in an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the fiber optic adapter 1/4 in the intermediate region of FIG. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a fiber optic adapter.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a fiber optic connector.
Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the fiber optic connector of fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the grasping device.
Fig. 7 is a side view of fig. 6.
Fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of optical fiber wiring using a robot.
Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of area a in fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is a front view of fig. 9.
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1. a first optical fiber connector; 2. a second optical fiber connector; 3. a fiber optic adapter; 4. a magnetic conductive member; 5. a locking elastic member; 6. a column; 7. a clamping area; 8. a clamping ring; 9. an upper housing; 10. a lower housing; 11. a groove; 12. a bolt; 14. a support frame; 15. an X-axis sliding rail; 16. an X-axis mobile platform; 17. a Y-axis sliding rail; 18. a Y-axis moving platform; 19. a Z-axis sliding rail; 20. a Z-axis moving platform; 21. a magnetic member; 22. unlocking the elastic piece; 24. a gripper fixing seat; 25. a Z-axis compensation block; 26. a clamping jaw; 27. grabbing an elastic piece; 28. a roller; 29. a Z-axis compensation elastic member; 30. an X-axis sliding rod; 31. z axis slide bar.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made apparent and fully in view of the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In addition, the technical features of the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not collide with each other.
The magnetic type optical fiber connecting device provided by the embodiment is used for realizing the operation of automatic optical fiber wiring through a manipulator.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, a specific implementation manner of the magnetic type optical fiber connection device provided in this embodiment includes: the optical fiber connector is used for connecting optical fibers, and the outer wall of the optical fiber connector is provided with a clamping area 7 for clamping the grabbing device. The inside of the fiber optic adapter 3 has a mounting cavity for inserting the fiber optic connector. The installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter 3 is connected with a magnetic conduction piece 4 in a sliding way, the magnetic conduction piece 4 is connected with a locking elastic piece 5, and the locking elastic piece 5 is provided with a driving force for driving the magnetic conduction piece 4 to slide inwards in the radial direction; a groove 11 for embedding the magnetic conduction piece 4 is arranged on one end of the outer wall of the optical fiber connector, which is used for being inserted into the optical fiber adapter 3; when the optical fiber connector is inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter 3, the magnetic conductive member 4 is embedded into the groove 11 under the driving of the locking elastic member 5.
According to the magnetic type optical fiber connecting device provided by the embodiment, the optical fiber connector can be automatically locked after being inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter 3 along the Z axis, and when the optical fiber connector is pulled out along the Z axis, the locking can be released by attracting the magnetic conduction piece 4 in the optical fiber adapter 3, and then the optical fiber connector is pulled out of the optical fiber adapter 3, so that automatic optical fiber wiring operation through a mechanical arm can be conveniently realized.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, in the magnetic-type optical fiber connection device provided in this embodiment, the optical fiber connector includes: the optical fiber connector comprises a first optical fiber connector 1 and a second optical fiber connector 2, wherein the first optical fiber connector 1 is inserted into one end of an optical fiber adapter 3, and the second optical fiber connector 2 is inserted into the other end of the second optical fiber adapter 3 opposite to the first optical fiber connector 1.
As shown in fig. 3, in the magnetic-type optical fiber connection device provided in this embodiment, the optical fiber adapter 3 has two detachable adapters disposed in a butt-joint manner, and each adapter is used for connecting with one of the optical fiber connectors. Specifically, the abutting surfaces of the two adapter members may be configured as flange structures, and then detachably connected by fasteners. In addition, inside any one of the adaptor members of the optical fiber adaptor 3, there are sliding grooves for installing the magnetic conductive members 4, and after installing the magnetic conductive members 4 in the sliding grooves, the openings of the sliding grooves are blocked by filling blocks, so that the magnetic conductive members 4 can be installed and replaced conveniently. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the optical fiber adapter 3 may be a unitary structure, and the magnetic conductive member 4 may be installed in the optical fiber adapter 3 through other channels.
As shown in fig. 3, in the magnetic-attraction-type optical fiber connection device provided in this embodiment, one end of the magnetic conductive member 4 has a receiving groove for receiving the locking elastic member 5, and the other end of the magnetic conductive member 4 has a locking tongue 12 for extending into the groove 11 of the optical fiber connector. In a natural state, the locking elastic piece 5 keeps elasticity in the accommodating groove, and the lock tongue 12 of the magnetic conduction piece 4 is driven to extend into the groove 11 of the optical fiber connector.
As shown in fig. 4, in the magnetic-type optical fiber connection device provided in this embodiment, the clamping area 7 of the optical fiber connector is cylindrical. The optical fiber connector adopts a cylindrical shape, so that the sizes of the optical fiber connector and the optical fiber adapter 3 are smaller, and under the same volume, the capacity of the automatic optical fiber wiring device using the optical fiber connector and the optical fiber adapter 3 can be increased by 1.5 times compared with that of an SC type connector and an SC type adapter. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the clamping area 7 of the optical fiber connector may be of other conventional shape, such as square, and then be grasped by a square grip.
As shown in fig. 4, in the magnetic-type optical fiber connection device provided in this embodiment, two ends of the clamping area 7 of the optical fiber connector are respectively provided with a clamping ring 8. The clamping ring 8 is used for axially limiting the grabbing device clamped into the clamping area 7.
As shown in fig. 5, in the magnetic-type optical fiber connector provided in this embodiment, the optical fiber connector includes a column 6, a lower housing 10 connected to one end of the column 6, and an upper housing 9 detachably connected to the other end of the column 6. The clamping area 7 is formed on the outer wall of the cylinder 6, and the groove 11 for clamping the magnetic conductive member 4 is formed on the outer wall of the lower housing 10. When the optical fiber is installed, the optical fiber is partially clamped in the column body 6 through the disassembly of the upper shell 9. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, the lower housing 10 can also be configured to be detachably connected to the column 6, or only the lower housing 10 can be detachably connected to the column 6.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the magnetic fiber connection device provided in this embodiment, the insertion end of the lower housing 10 for inserting the fiber adapter 3 and the end of the installation cavity of the fiber adapter 3 for inserting the lower housing 10 are respectively provided with a chamfer structure. By means of this chamfer structure, the optical fiber connector is inserted into the optical fiber adapter 3 more smoothly. Specifically, the chamfer structure may be a chamfer or a rounded corner.
As shown in fig. 6, a specific implementation manner of the gripping device in this embodiment includes: the gripper fixing base 24, the Z-axis compensation block 25, the Z-axis compensation elastic piece 29 and the clamping jaw 26. The gripper fixing seat 24 is used for connecting a mechanical arm, the Z-axis compensation block 25 is connected to the gripper fixing seat 24, and the Z-axis compensation block 25 is adapted to slide along the Z-axis direction on the gripper fixing seat 24, that is, slide along the up-down direction. The Z-axis compensation elastic member 29 is connected to the Z-axis compensation block 25, and the Z-axis compensation elastic member 29 has an elastic force that drives the Z-axis compensation block 25 to slide on the grip holder 24 along the Z-axis direction toward one end. The clamping jaw 26 is connected to the Z-axis compensation block 25, a grabbing elastic member 27 is connected to the clamping jaw 26, and the grabbing elastic member 27 has elastic force for driving the clamping jaw 26 to grab. The grabbing device has the function of elastic compensation of a Z axis, and can reduce the control precision of a mechanical arm motor control system and compensate the position error caused by processing and assembly when the optical fiber connector is grabbed and plugged; and, the clamping jaw 26 adopts a passive structure and is matched with the mechanical arm, so that the grabbing and releasing of the optical fiber connector can be completed without adding an additional power source.
As shown in fig. 6, the clamping jaw 26 includes: the two symmetrical handles form an arc-shaped grabbing space suitable for grabbing the optical fiber connector at the free end. The two gripping members are respectively provided with a roller 28 at the free end, and the optical fiber connector can be more conveniently inserted into the arc-shaped gripping space formed by the two gripping members through the roller 28.
As shown in fig. 6, the two gripping members are slidably connected to the Z-axis compensation block 25, respectively, and the two gripping members are adapted to slide along the X-axis direction on the Z-axis compensation block 25. Specifically, the two gripping members of the gripping jaw 26 are slidably connected to the Z-axis compensation block 25 by an X-axis sliding rod 30, and the X-axis sliding rod 30 may have a cylindrical structure or a polygonal shape. In addition, the grip member may also be slidably coupled to the Z-axis compensation block 25 via a slide rail.
As shown in fig. 6, the gripping elastic members 27 are compression springs sleeved on the X-axis sliding rod 30, specifically, the gripping elastic members 27 are two, and are respectively sleeved on two sides of the two gripping elastic members, the gripping elastic members 27 drive the two gripping elastic members to move close to each other, when the gripping claw 26 is clamped towards the optical fiber connector, the gripping elastic members are opened briefly after overcoming the elastic force of the gripping elastic members 27, and the arc-shaped gripping space formed by the free ends of the gripping claw 26 is sleeved into the optical fiber connector. In addition, as an alternative embodiment, a hinged connection may be used between the two gripping members, and the gripping elastic member 27 may be a torsion spring for driving the two gripping members to rotate in the closing direction.
As shown in fig. 7, the Z-axis compensation block 25 is slidably connected to the gripper fixing base 24 through a Z-axis sliding rod 31, where the Z-axis sliding rod 31 may be a round rod or a polygonal rod. In addition, the Z-axis compensation block 25 may be slidably connected to the gripper fixing base 24 through a sliding rail structure.
As shown in fig. 7, the Z-axis compensation elastic members 29 are compression springs sleeved on the Z-axis sliding rods 31, the Z-axis sliding rods 31 may be a plurality of Z-axis compensation elastic members 29 respectively sleeved on each Z-axis sliding rod 31, and the Z-axis compensation block 25 is kept at a position located at one end of the Z-axis sliding rod 31 by the Z-axis compensation elastic members 29. When the optical fiber connector is clamped in, the optical fiber connector can be used for buffering the problem of inaccurate precision caused by the mechanical arm, compensating the position error caused by machining and assembling and ensuring the safe grabbing of the optical fiber connector.
As shown in fig. 8, the robot arm includes: the optical fiber connector comprises a support frame 14, wherein an X-axis sliding rail 15 is arranged on the support frame 14 along the arrangement direction of the optical fiber connector. The support frame 14 is connected with an X-axis moving platform 16, the X-axis moving platform 16 is connected to the X-axis sliding rail 15 in a sliding manner, the X-axis moving platform 16 is connected with a first driving mechanism, and the first driving mechanism is used for driving the X-axis moving platform to horizontally slide along the X-axis sliding rail 15; specifically, the first driving mechanism includes a motor and a screw, and the motor drives the screw to rotate forward or backward, and then drives the X-axis moving platform 16 screwed on the screw to move horizontally.
As shown in fig. 8, the X-axis moving platform 16 is provided with a Y-axis slide rail 17. The Y-axis moving platform 18 is slidably connected to the Y-axis sliding rail 17 of the X-axis moving platform 16, and the Y-axis moving platform 18 is connected to a second driving mechanism, and is used for driving the Y-axis moving platform 18 to slide horizontally along the Y-axis sliding rail 17 through the second driving mechanism.
As shown in fig. 8, the Y-axis moving platform 18 is provided with a Z-axis slide rail 19. The Z-axis moving platform 20 is slidably connected to the Z-axis sliding rail 19 of the Y-axis moving platform 18, and the Z-axis moving platform 20 is connected to a third driving mechanism, where the third driving mechanism is used to drive the Z-axis moving platform 20 to slide up and down along the Z-axis sliding rail 19 in a vertical direction.
As shown in fig. 9 and 10, an unlocking mechanism having a magnetic member 21 slidably disposed in the Y-axis direction and an unlocking elastic member 22 connected to the magnetic member 21 is connected to the Y-axis moving stage 18. The unlocking elastic member 22 has an elastic force that drives the magnetic member 21 to protrude toward the optical fiber connector to be unlocked. When the second driving mechanism drives the Y-axis moving platform 18 to move towards the direction of the optical fiber connector to be unlocked, the protruding end of the magnetic piece 21 abuts against the optical fiber adapter 3 of the magnetic type optical fiber connecting device, so that the magnetic piece 4 inside the optical fiber adapter 3 is attracted, and the magnetic piece 4 unlocks the optical fiber connector.
The present embodiment also provides an optical fiber wiring method, which adopts the magnetic attraction type optical fiber connection device described in the above embodiment, and includes: the step of extracting the optical fiber connector from the optical fiber adapter 3 further includes: a step of inserting the optical fiber connector into the installation cavity of the other optical fiber adapter 3, wherein the step of extracting the optical fiber connector from the optical fiber adapter 3 includes:
the clamping area 7 of the optical fiber connector is grabbed by the grabbing device.
The magnetic piece is close to the magnetic piece 4 of the optical fiber adapter 3, so that the magnetic piece 4 overcomes the elastic force of the locking elastic piece 5 and is separated from the groove 11 of the optical fiber connector.
The gripping means is moved in the Z-axis direction to pull the fiber optic connector out of the mounting cavity of the fiber optic adapter 3.
The step of inserting the fiber optic connector into the mounting cavity of the further fiber optic adapter 3 comprises:
the fiber optic connector is moved to the next assembly position of the fiber optic adapter 3 by the horizontal movement of the gripping device.
Through the vertical removal of grabbing device, insert the installation intracavity of optic fibre adapter 3 with the optic fibre connector, because the insertion end of optic fibre connector is provided with outer chamfer, consequently can push against the magnetic conduction piece 4 in the optic fibre adapter 3 and overcome the elasticity of locking elastic component 5 and retract, when the optic fibre connector inserts in place, under the effect of locking elastic component 5, the spring bolt 12 of magnetic conduction piece 4 inserts in the recess 11 of optic fibre connector.
The gripping device is moved horizontally so that the gripping device is separated from the optical fiber connector.
It is apparent that the above examples are given by way of illustration only and are not limiting of the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the above teachings will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It is not necessary here nor is it exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications thereof are contemplated as falling within the scope of the present invention.
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1. A magnetically attractive optical fiber connection device, comprising:
the optical fiber connector is used for connecting optical fibers, the outer wall of the optical fiber connector is provided with a clamping area (7) for clamping a grabbing device, and the grabbing device is arranged on a mechanical arm;
a fiber optic adapter (3) having a mounting cavity therein for insertion of the fiber optic connector;
the optical fiber adapter is characterized in that a magnetic conduction piece (4) is connected in the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter (3) in a sliding mode, a locking elastic piece (5) is connected to the magnetic conduction piece (4), and the locking elastic piece (5) is provided with a driving force for driving the magnetic conduction piece (4) to slide inwards in the radial direction;
a groove (11) for embedding the magnetic conduction piece (4) is formed in one end of the outer wall of the optical fiber connector, which is used for being inserted into the optical fiber adapter (3); after the optical fiber connector is inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter (3), the magnetic conduction piece (4) is embedded into the groove (11) under the drive of the locking elastic piece (5);
the unlocking mechanism is arranged on a Y-axis moving platform (18) of the mechanical arm, the unlocking mechanism is provided with a magnetic piece (21) which is arranged in a sliding mode along the Y-axis direction, and an unlocking elastic piece (22) which is connected to the magnetic piece (21), when the Y-axis moving platform (18) moves towards the direction of the optical fiber connector to be unlocked, the extending end of the magnetic piece (21) is abutted to the optical fiber adapter (3), and the unlocking elastic piece (22) is provided with an elastic force which drives the magnetic piece (21) to extend towards the direction of the optical fiber connector to be unlocked.
2. A magnetically attractable optical fiber connection arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the optical fiber adapter (3) has two detachable adapter pieces arranged in a butt joint, each for connecting one of the optical fiber connectors.
3. The magnetically attractable optical fiber connection device according to claim 2, wherein each of the optical fiber adapters (3) has a slide groove for mounting the magnetic conductive member (4) therein, and the opening of the slide groove is blocked by a filling block after the magnetic conductive member (4) is mounted in the slide groove.
4. The magnetically attractable fiber optic connection device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping area (7) of the fiber optic connector is cylindrical.
5. The magnetically attractable fiber optic connection device according to claim 4, wherein the fiber optic connector has snap rings (8) at each end of the snap region (7).
6. The magnetically attractable fiber optic connection device of any one of claims 1-5, wherein the fiber optic connector includes: the clamping device comprises a column body (6) and a lower shell (10) connected to one end of the column body (6), wherein the clamping area (7) is formed on the outer wall of the column body (6), and the groove (11) is formed on the outer wall of the lower shell (10).
7. The magnetically attractable fiber optic connection device of claim 6, wherein the fiber optic connector further comprises: the upper shell (9) is detachably connected to the other end of the column body (6), and the optical fiber is partially clamped in the column body (6) through the upper shell (9) and the lower shell (10).
8. The magnetically attractable optical fiber connection device according to claim 6, characterized in that the insertion end of the lower housing (10) for inserting the optical fiber adapter (3) and the end of the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter (3) for inserting the lower housing (10) are respectively provided with a chamfer structure.
9. A magnetically attractable optical fiber connection arrangement according to any of the claims 1-5, characterized in that one end of the magnetically permeable member (4) has a receiving groove for receiving a locking spring (5), and the other end of the magnetically permeable member (4) has a locking tongue (12) for extending into a groove (11) of the optical fiber connector.
10. A method of optical fiber distribution, characterized by using the magnetically attractable optical fiber connection device of any one of claims 1-9, comprising: the step of extracting the optical fiber connector from the optical fiber adapter (3) further comprises: a step of inserting the optical fiber connector into a mounting cavity of a further optical fiber adapter (3), wherein the step of extracting the optical fiber connector from the optical fiber adapter (3) comprises:
gripping the clamping area (7) of the optical fiber connector by a gripping device;
the magnetic piece is close to the magnetic conduction piece (4) of the optical fiber adapter (3), so that the magnetic conduction piece (4) overcomes the elastic force of the locking elastic piece (5) and is separated from the groove (11) of the optical fiber connector;
the gripping device is moved in the Z-axis direction to pull the fiber optic connector out of the mounting cavity of the fiber optic adapter (3).
11. The optical fiber distribution method according to claim 10, wherein the step of inserting the optical fiber connector into the installation cavity of the other optical fiber adapter (3) comprises:
a horizontal movement grasping device for moving the optical fiber connector to the assembly position of the next optical fiber adapter (3);
the gripping device is vertically moved, the optical fiber connector is inserted into the installation cavity of the optical fiber adapter (3), the insertion end of the optical fiber connector pushes against the magnetic conduction piece (4) in the optical fiber adapter (3), the magnetic conduction piece (4) is retracted backwards against the elastic force of the locking elastic piece (5), and after the optical fiber connector is inserted in place, under the action of the locking elastic piece (5), the lock tongue (12) of the magnetic conduction piece (4) is inserted into the groove (11) of the optical fiber connector;
the gripping device is moved horizontally so that the gripping device is separated from the optical fiber connector.
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