1. An optical connector cleaning tool that wipes clean a joining end surface of an optical connector using a feeding movement of a cleaning medium, comprising:
a tool main body including a cleaning medium feeding mechanism that feeds out or takes up the cleaning medium; and
an insertion portion that protrudes from the tool main body and is capable of being inserted into a connector positioning housing that houses the optical connector, wherein said insertion portion includes a cleaning medium pressing mechanism onto which a portion of the cleaning medium that has been pulled out from the tool main body is wound;
wherein the cleaning medium pressing mechanism has a head component including a cleaning medium pressing surface that secures a contact surface area for the cleaning medium to be in contact with the joining end surface of the optical connector, and has a head supporting portion that supports the head component on a tilt relative to the direction in which the cleaning medium pressing surface is pressing against the optical connector, and
the head supporting portion includes a supporting portion main body mounted on a protruding portion that protrudes from the tool main body, and a circular arc-shaped or waveform tilt spring that protrudes from a front end of the supporting portion main body in the direction of the pressing against the optical connector, and the head component is supported at a protruding distal end of the tilt spring such that it can be tilted by an elastic deformation of the tilt spring, and
the head component extends so as to project outwards from the protruding distal end of the tilt spring to a spring apex portion side, which is the side of a curve apex portion that is closest to the head component of the tilt spring, and to a spring rear side, which is the opposite side therefrom, and the cleaning medium pressing surface tilts gradually forwards in the direction of the pressing against the optical connector as it moves from an end portion on the spring apex portion side of the head component towards an end portion on the spring rear side thereof.
2. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the tilt spring has a circular arc shape or a waveform shape.
3. The tool according to claim 1, wherein a tilt angle of the cleaning medium pressing surface is the same as or greater than a tilt angle of a diagonally polished joining end surface of the optical connector.
4. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the supporting portion main body includes:
a mounting portion fixed to the protruding portion; and
compression springs compressed by a pressing force that presses the head component which is provided between the mounting portion and the tilt spring against the joining end surface of the optical connector.
5. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning medium pressing mechanism is a molded product made from synthetic resin in which the head component and the head supporting portion are formed as a single unit.
6. The tool according to claim 4, wherein the compression springs are formed in a waveform shape, and an elastic bridging portion is constructed between the mounting portion and the tilt spring by the compression springs that are arranged in two parallel rows.
7. The optical connector cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning medium is wound onto the head component such that the spring rear side of the head component is on the upstream side in the flow direction of the cleaning medium compared to the spring apex portion side.
8. The tool according to claim 7, wherein guide grooves that prevent any shift in the transverse direction of the cleaning medium are formed in an end portion of the head component on a spring apex portion side and a spring rear side thereof via the cleaning medium pressing surface, and portions of the cleaning medium on the upstream side and downstream side in the flow direction thereof via the cleaning medium pressing surface are housed in the guide grooves.
9. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the positioning housing is equipped with a connector housing hole that houses an optical connector, and a key groove that is formed in an inner surface of the connector housing hole in a groove shape that extends in the direction of the center axis of the connector housing hole and into which is inserted a key that protrudes from a side portion of the optical connector, and
the cleaning medium pressing mechanism is incorporated in a distal end of the protruding portion of the tool main body, and the insertion portion, which is constructed such that it can be inserted into the positioning housing, is able to be inserted only into the connector housing hole from among the connector housing hole and the key groove of the positioning housing, and also the insertion portion has a front-rear symmetrical cross-sectional outer configuration that, through front-rear inversion, enables it to be inserted in both a normal and a reverse insertion direction into the connector housing hole in which the key groove side and the opposite side from the key groove side have symmetrical cross-sectional configurations.
10. An optical component cleaning tool that wipes clean an end surface of an optical component using a feeding movement of a cleaning medium comprising: a tool main body including a cleaning medium feeding mechanism that feeds out or takes up the cleaning medium; and
an insertion portion that protrudes from the tool main body and is inserted into a housing that houses the optical component, wherein said insertion portion includes a cleaning medium pressing mechanism onto which a portion of the cleaning medium that has been pulled out from the tool main body is wound
wherein the cleaning medium pressing mechanism has a head component in which is formed a cleaning medium pressing surface that secures a contact surface area for the cleaning medium to be in contact with the end surface of the optical component, and has a head supporting portion that supports the head component on a tilt relative to the direction in which the cleaning medium pressing surface is pressing the optical component, and
the head supporting portion includes a supporting portion main body that is mounted on a protruding portion that protrudes from the tool main body, and a circular arc-shaped or waveform tilt spring that protrudes from a front end of the supporting portion main body in the direction of the pressing against the optical component, and the head component is supported at a protruding distal end of the tilt spring such that it can be tilted by an elastic deformation of the tilt spring, and
the head component extends so as to project outwards from the protruding distal end of the tilt spring that protrudes from the supporting portion main body to a spring apex portion side, which is the side of a curve apex portion that is closest to the head component of the tilt spring, and to a spring rear side, which is the opposite side therefrom, and the cleaning medium pressing surface tilts gradually forwards in the direction of the pressing against the optical component as it moves from an end portion on the spring apex portion side of the head component towards an end portion on the spring rear side thereof.
11. An optical connector cleaning tool that wipes clean an end surface of an optical component using a feeding movement of a cleaning medium, comprising:
a tool main body having a cleaning medium feeding mechanism that feeds out or takes up the cleaning medium; and
a protruding portion that protrudes from the tool main body, including a cleaning medium pressing portion and that presses a portion of the cleaning medium that has been pulled out from the tool main body against the end surface of the optical component, wherein
the cleaning medium pressing mechanism has a head component having a cleaning medium pressing surface that secures a contact surface area for the cleaning medium to be in contact with the end surface of the optical component, and has a head supporting portion that supports the head component on a tilt relative to the direction in which the cleaning medium pressing surface is pressing the optical component, and
the head supporting portion includes a supporting portion main body that is mounted on the protruding portion that protrudes from the tool main body, and a circular arc-shaped or waveform tilt spring that protrudes from a front end of the supporting portion main body in the direction of the pressing against the optical component, and the head component is supported at a protruding distal end that protrudes from the supporting portion main body of the tilt spring such that it can be tilted by an elastic deformation of the tilt spring, and
the head component extends so as to project outwards from the protruding distal end that protrudes from the supporting portion main body of the tilt spring to a spring apex portion side, which is the side of a curve apex portion that is closest to the head component of the tilt spring, and to a spring rear side, which is the opposite side therefrom, and the cleaning medium pressing surface tilts gradually forwards in the direction of the pressing against the optical component as it moves from an end portion on the spring apex portion side of the head component towards an end portion on the spring rear side thereof.
12. An optical connector cleaning tool that wipes clean joining end surfaces of optical connectors using a feeding movement of a cleaning medium, comprising:
a tool main body including a cleaning medium feeding mechanism that feeds out or takes up the cleaning medium; and
an insertion portion, having a head component with a cleaning medium pressing surface, that protrudes from the tool main body, wherein the cleaning medium is wound onto the head component, wherein
the head component is tiltably supported at a distal end of the insertion portion by a spring portion, and
the position of the head component in the insertion portion is set such that, when the insertion portion is inserted into the connector housing hole of an optical connector adaptor or an optical connector receptacle, a portion of the cleaning medium pressing surface that includes an upstream side end portion in a flow direction of the cleaning medium presses the cleaning medium against the joining end surface of the optical connector within the positioning housing.
13. The tool according to claim 12, wherein the head component of the insertion portion is part of a cleaning medium pressing mechanism that also includes a head supporting portion that is mounted on a protruding portion which protrudes from the tool main body and that supports the head component, and
the head supporting portion of the cleaning medium pressing mechanism includes a supporting portion main body that is mounted on the protruding portion, and a circular arc-shaped or waveform tilt spring that protrudes from a front end of the supporting portion main body in the direction of the pressing against the optical connectors and that functions as the spring portion, and
the head component is supported at a protruding distal end that protrudes from the supporting portion main body of the tilt spring such that it can be tilted by an elastic deformation of the tilt spring.
14. The tool according to claim 13, wherein the head component extends so as to project outwards from a protruding distal end that protrudes from the supporting portion main body of the tilt spring to a spring apex portion side, which is the side of a curve apex portion that is closest to the head component of the tilt spring, and to a spring rear side, which is the opposite side therefrom, and the cleaning medium pressing surface tilts gradually forwards in the direction of the pressing against the optical components as it moves from an end portion on the spring apex portion side of the head component towards an end portion on the spring rear side thereof.
15. The tool according to claim 14, wherein a tilt angle of the cleaning medium pressing surface is the same as or greater than a tilt angle of a diagonally polished joining end surface of the optical connector.
16. The tool according to claim 14, wherein the cleaning medium is wound onto the head component such that the spring rear side of the head component is on an upstream side in a flow direction of the cleaning medium compared to the spring apex portion side.
17. The tool according to claim 16, wherein guide grooves that prevent any shift in the transverse direction of the cleaning medium are formed in an end portion of the head component on a spring apex portion side and a spring rear side thereof via the cleaning medium pressing surface, and portions of the cleaning medium on the upstream side and downstream side in the flow direction thereof via the cleaning medium pressing surface are housed in the guide grooves.
18. The tool according to claim 13, wherein the supporting portion main body includes a mounting portion that is fixed to the protruding portion, and compression springs that are compressed by a pressing force that presses the head component which is provided between the mounting portion and the tilt spring against the joining end surface of an optical connector.
19. The tool according to claim 18, wherein the compression springs are formed in a waveform shape, and an elastic bridging portion is constructed between the mounting portion and the tilt spring by the compression springs that are arranged in two parallel rows.
20. The tool according to claim 13, wherein the cleaning medium pressing mechanism is a molded product made from synthetic resin in which the head component and the head supporting portion are formed as a single unit.
21. The tool according to claim 13, wherein the tilt spring has a circular arc shape or a waveform shape.
22. The tool according to claim 12, wherein the connector positioning housing includes a connector housing hole into which the optical connector can be removably inserted, and a key groove that is formed in an inner surface of the connector housing hole in a groove shape that extends in a direction of a center axis of the connector housing hole and into which is inserted a key that protrudes from a side portion of the optical connector.
23. The tool according to claim 22, wherein the insertion portion t can be inserted only into the connector housing hole from among the connector housing hole and the key groove of the positioning housing, and also the insertion portion has a front-rear symmetrical cross-sectional outer configuration that, through front-rear inversion, enables it to be inserted in both a normal and a reverse insertion direction into the connector housing hole in which the key groove side and the opposite side from the key groove side have symmetrical cross-sectional configurations.
24. An optical connector cleaning tool that wipes clean joining end surfaces of optical connectors using a feeding movement of a cleaning medium, comprising:
a tool main body including a cleaning medium feeding mechanism that feeds out or takes up the cleaning medium;
an insertion portion having a cleaning medium pressing surface formed on a head component that protrudes from the tool main body and, when inserted into a connector housing hole of an optical connector adaptor or an optical connector receptacle, presses the cleaning medium that has been wound onto the cleaning medium pressing surface of the head component against the joining end surfaces of the optical connectors, and
the head component is provided at the distal end of the insertion portion and is supported such that it can be tilted by a spring portion, and
when the insertion portion is inserted into the connector housing hole, an upstream side end portion and a downstream side end portion of the cleaning medium pressing surface in a flow direction of the cleaning medium are separated on two sides of a center axis of a portion of the connector housing hole where the insertion portion is housed, and a center position of the cleaning medium pressing surface of the head component is offset from a center axis of the connector housing hole such that the distance that the upstream side end portion is separated from the center axis is smaller compared to the downstream side end portion.
25. A cleaning tool for an optical connector, comprising:
a main body portion for housing a cleaning medium mechanism;
an insertion portion, including a protruding portion and head unit, that protrudes from the main body portion for insertion into a housing for cleaning an end surface of the optical connector;
compression springs and a tilt spring disposed on said head unit for supporting a head component, wherein said head component tilts according to an elastic deformation of the tilt spring; and
a cleaning medium disposed on said head component for cleaning the end surface of the optical connector,
wherein said head component has a cleaning medium pressing surface that secures a contact surface area of the cleaning medium against the end surface of the optical connector.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A machine programming and control system (130) including means for editing and generating (142) a continuous multi-block flowchart representing a program for controlling the operations of a machine (140), means (136) for displaying the flowchart, continuous and contiguous portions of the flowchart containing more than one flowchart block being displayed, means for directly compiling (148) the program from the flowchart, and means for executing (144) the compiled program represented by the flowchart such that the machine is controlled in accordance with a displayed flowchart, comprising:
a computer (132) including means for editing and generating (142) a continuous multi-block flowchart representing a program for controlling the operations of a machine (140) connected to said computer; and
a display means (136) connected to said means for editing and generating (142) and including a screen (150, 152) divided into a plurality of columns (154) and rows (156) for displaying the flowchart with each block of a plurality of blocks (158, 160, 162) being positioned at an associated intersection of one of said columns and one of said rows.
2. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said columns (154) are displayed by said display means (136) with a width automatically determined by said computer (132) according to a size and spacing of said blocks (158, 160, 162).
3. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said rows (156) are displayed by said display means (136) with a height automatically determined by said computer (132) according to a size and spacing of said blocks (158, 160, 162).
4. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said computer (132) automatically generates high level source code for the program from the flowchart.
5. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said computer (132) automatically draws a connecting line between two associated ones of said blocks (158, 160, 162) after editing.
6. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said computer (132) causes said display means (136) to display said blocks (158, 160, 162) with a first color and display a selected one of said blocks with a second color.
7. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said computer (132) causes said display means (136) to display all of said blocks (158, 160, 162) dependent from said selected one of said blocks with a third color.
8. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said computer (132) causes said display means (136) to display a split screen (164) having two portions (166, 168) and selectively displaying said blocks (158, 160, 162) in at least one of said portions.
9. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said computer (132) causes said display means (136) to form a debugging window (170) for displaying said blocks (158, 160, 162) and having a tool bar (172) for controlling program flow.
10. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said tool bar (172) includes a Toggle Labels button (176) and said computer (132) responds to actuation of said button for switching between default labels and alternate labels displayed for said blocks (158, 160, 162).
11. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said tool bar (172) includes a Select Active Block button (178) and said computer (132) responds to actuation of said button for displaying a currently active one of said blocks (158, 160, 162).
12. The system (130) according to claim 1 wherein said tool bar (172) includes an InsertRemove breakpoint button (182) and said computer (132) responds to actuation of said button for displaying a currently active one of said blocks (158, 160, 162) in a predetermined color and stopping execution of the program before executing said currently active block.
13. The system (130) according to claim 13 wherein when the program reaches one of said blocks (158, 160, 162) having a breakpoint, said computer (132) responds by changing said predetermined color to another predetermined color.
14. A method of machine programming and control including editing and generating a continuous multi-block flowchart representing a program for controlling the operations of a machine, displaying the flowchart, continuous and contiguous portions of the flowchart containing more than one flowchart block being displayed, directly compiling the program from the flowchart, and executing the compiled program represented by the flowchart such that the machine is controlled in accordance with a displayed flowchart, the method comprising the steps of:
a. providing a computer (132) including means for editing and generating (142) a continuous multi-block flowchart representing a program for controlling the operations of a machine (140) connected to the computer;
b. providing a display means (136) connected to the means for editing and generating (142); and
c. displaying a screen (150, 152) on the display means (136) divided into a plurality of columns (154) and rows (156) for displaying the flowchart with each block of a plurality of blocks (158, 160, 162) being positioned at an associated intersection of one of said columns and one of said rows.
15. The method according to claim 14 including displaying said columns (154) with a width automatically determined by the computer (132) according to a size and spacing of the blocks (158, 160, 162).
16. The method according to claim 1, including displaying said rows (156) with a height automatically determined by the computer (132) according to a size and spacing of the blocks (158, 160, 162).