Oy Nokia Ab

Risto Pennanen

Antti Linden

Lena Stormbom

Jyrki Pennala

Apparatus for cooling an optical fiber

A method and a device for applying a primary coating to an optical filament. In order to make the distribution of the coating material even, the flow of the coating material to be introduced into the crucible is divided in the crucible into two flows opposite in direction and advancing in the peripheral direction of the crucible. The two flows are caused to flow in the axial direction substantially at the opposite sides of the crucible. The axial flows are caused to flow in the peripheral direction of the crucible and joined by means of an outer channel extending around the crucible in the peripheral direction thereof. The flow is passed radially through throttle openings into an inner peripheral channel and further through a peripheral throttle slot into a conical channel along which it is led into a central chamber of the crucible, through which chamber the filament is drawn.

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Helsinki, Finland

Risto Pennanen