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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:
Aug. 02, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan C Bailey, Painted Post, NY (US);
Robert D Maurer, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ; C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-311 ; 65 12 ; 65 13 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for improving the fatigue characteristics of a glass optical waveguide fiber. After the fiber is drawn and before it is provided with a protective coating it is heated to a temperature within the annealing temperature range. A filtered gas may be flowed over the fiber during the step of heating.