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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Derrick Baxter Biddix, Wilmington, NC (US);
Kenneth James Kelmer, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert Clark Moore, Wilmington, NC (US);
Douglas Gregg Neilson, Wilmington, NC (US);
Donald Justin Sonnett, Wilmington, NC (US);
Jennifer Nicole Subler, Wilmington, NC (US);
David Andrew Tucker, Wilmington, NC (US);
John Edward Watson, Hampstead, NC (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a method of and system for processing an optical fiber. The method includes the steps of drawing an optical fiber in a drawing direction along a process pathway through a coating chamber comprising an inlet and an outlet, and a coating liquid volume to coat the optical fiber; supplying the coating liquid through the inlet, the coating liquid exiting the coating chamber through the outlet; and recirculating to coating liquid exiting the coating chamber to the inlet.