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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Ofs Fitel, Llc, Norcross, GA (US);
Inventors:
Harry D Garner, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Douglas Edward Horgen, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kariofilis Konstadinidis, Decatur, GA (US);
Assignee:
OFS FITEL, LLC, Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/06 (2006.01); B05C 5/02 (2006.01); B05D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 3/067 (2013.01); B05C 5/0245 (2013.01); B05D 7/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Post-draw tower coating curing provides additional curing to an optical fiber coating after the fiber exits the bottom or output end of an optical fiber draw tower. A system may include a draw tower and a coating curing unit. The draw tower has at least one coating applicator. The coating curing unit may be located along a fiber path between the output end of the draw tower and a fiber takeup system.