OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, LIGHT GUIDE, ENDOSCOPE HAVING LIGHT GUIDE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE

    公开(公告)号:US20210109282A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US17131915

    申请日:2020-12-23

    Abstract: An optical fiber bundle manufacturing apparatus includes: a winding member; a guide member movable in a direction parallel to a rotary axis, the guide member being configured to guide an optical fiber wire to any one of first winding positions, a converging winding position and second winding positions; and a processor configured to perform processing to move the guide member such that a first branching portion branching into p branches, a converging portion converging the first branching portion branching into p branches into one, a second branching portion branching into q branches, and a connecting portion connecting the first branching portion and the second branching portion are formed in this order by the optical fiber wire.

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