Abstract: A device for connecting and disconnecting two individual optical fibers comprising: two ferrules each having a front face, a connection channel in which the two ferrules can be engaged facing each other, two axial retention means to limit axial displacements of a corresponding ferrule relative to the connection channel in a direction opposite from its direction for engagement in said channel, and a resilient member urging one of the ferrules to press the front faces of the two ferrules against each other while they are interconnected. For disconnection purposes, the device includes an unlocking key suitable for disengaging the axial retention means of one of the ferrules, and the resilient member is arranged so that when the unlocking key disengages the retention means, it pushes the ferrule back towards the outside of the alignment sleeve and gives rise to disconnection.

Abstract: A distributor including a plurality of connection points interconnected by jumpers. The distributor further includes: cable terminations each of which is provided with a plurality of connection strips, each strip being designed to receive one or more connector elements constituting the connection points; a central hub; and around the central hub, fixing means for individually connecting the cable terminations, where the cable terminations and the fixing means are organized so that the connections strips of each cable termination are disposed radially relative to the hub when the cable termination is put into place, and so that all of the jumpers can present substantially the same length and can pass from one connection point to another connection point by begin laid in part over the hub.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device for optical fiber cables.

Abstract: A device for electrically connecting power cable conductors to distribution cable conductors includes a panel that supports contact modules that have contacts and that are distributed along a circle about a hub and that pass through the thickness of the panel. On a rear side of the panel the contacts are joined to conductors of the cables. On a front side of the panel the contacts are joined to jumper wires, which may be wrapped about the hub and passed between the teeth of a circular comb. In another embodiments, a panel supports structures forming guide chutes for jumpers and pivotally mounted caps for added protection of the jumpers. The panel may be pivotally mounted at an axis for easy access to the rear side and may support a rotatable arm for aid in preparing jumper wire ends. In another embodiment a pair of opposed panels are coupled at internal surfaces to conductors of cables and on their outer surfaces to jumpers, the jumpers passing through aligned openings in the panels.

Abstract: A machine for bevelling lenses having a fixed base and a moving carriage is provided with tracing means which follows the profile of a template corresponding to the lens to be bevelled. A reducing grinding wheel and a bevelling wheel are driven by respective motors and housed in the fixed base. The lens to be bevelled is mounted on the moving carriage, guided by the tracing means, which are programmed by means of control elements, so that automatic operation of the machine is obtained.