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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 15, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henley F Sterling, Great Dunmow, GB;
John Irven, Harlow, GB;
Assignee:
International Standard Electric Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 / ; 65 / ; 156153 ; 156158 ; 156256 ; 156272 ; 156304 ; 156294 ; 156296 ; 2191 / ;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a continuous preform for an optical fibre of the type produced from glass or silica tubes or rods, the method including arranging the tubes or rods end to end in a rectilinear array, placing glass or silica sleeving tubes over the joints between the rods or tubes, and fusion sealing the joints between the rods or tubes.