Abstract: A device and method of use for a fused joint between a pair of optical fibers. The device comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis and a generally U-shaped compressible adhesive strip located within the housing. The housing comprising a pair of elongated trough shaped sections pivotally connected to each other by a longitudinal hinge assembly. The adhesive strip is secured to the inner surfaces of the housing sections and includes an adhesive outer surface. The housing sections are temporarily held in an open position by cooperating members of the hinge so that the fused joint and contiguous sections, e.g., buffers, of the optical fiber can be inserted within the housing between portions of the adhesive outer surface of the strips. The housing are pivotable together so that housing sections assume a closed position, whereupon portions of the strip which are contiguous with the splice joint and the buffers are compressed to accommodate the splice joint and buffers.

Abstract: An optical fiber splice for splicing the free ends of a pair of optical fibers together, the device including a housing and a capillary tube supported therein. Each end of the housing is formed of a chamfered surface. A collet partially sits within the tapered surface. A locking nut tightens the collet against the tapered surface tightening the collet about an optical fiber.

Abstract: A device and method of use for splicing the free ends of a pair of optical fibers together. The device comprising a two-section housing and a capillary tube. One section of the housing includes a pair of groove supports and a recess for receipt of the capillary tube. The other section includes a pair of cantilevered arms. Each support groove is disposed adjacent a respective end of the capillary tube and aligned with a longitudinally extending portion of the passageway extending through the capillary tube. The cantilever arms are disposed over the respective support grooves to form respective spaces through with the free ends of the optical fibers may be passed to guide the fibers into the capillary tube passageway where they abut each other. The cantilever arms hold the fibers securely in the support grooves.