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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Steven Akin Dunwoody, Castle Hayne, NC (US);
Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias, Horseheads, NY (US);
Robert Clark Moore, Wilmington, NC (US);
Jason Roy Pace, Painted Post, NY (US);
Christopher Scott Thomas, Horseheads, NY (US);
Bryan William Wakefield, Lindley, NY (US);
Chunfeng Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for processing optical fiber includes a draw furnace, a fiber conveyance pathway extending between an upstream end positioned at the draw furnace and a downstream end positioned opposite the upstream end, where optical fiber is conveyed along the fiber conveyance pathway from the upstream end to the downstream end in a fiber conveyance direction, a muffle in communication with the draw furnace and positioned downstream of the draw furnace, a second cooling device annularly surrounding the fiber conveyance pathway downstream from the draw furnace, the second cooling device including one or more second cooling device heating elements and a first cooling device positioned between the draw furnace and the second cooling device, wherein the first cooling device directs a fluid to contact the optical fiber.