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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2021
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Steven Joseph Gregorski, Painted Post, NY (US);
Kenneth Spencer Morgan, Painted Post, NY (US);
Richard Alan Quinn, Horseheads, NY (US);
Bradley Kent Shepard, Wilmington, NC (US);
John Christopher Thomas, Elmira, NY (US);
David Andrew Tucker, Wilmington, NC (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an optical fiber, the method including drawing a bare optical fiber from an optical fiber preform along a draw pathway. The method further includes during the drawing step, moving a first fluid bearing from a first position to a second position, the first position being removed from the draw pathway and the second position being disposed in the draw pathway such that the movement of the first fluid bearing to the second position causes at least a first portion of the draw pathway to change direction.