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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:
Mar. 20, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger A Miller, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 12 ; 65 13 ; 65157 ; 65158 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical waveguide fiber coating system having means for cooling the hot fiber prior to the time that the fiber enters the coating apparatus. The cooling means comprises an elongated tube through which the fiber passes. Cool dry helium is flowed from a porous member or an annular slot surrounding said fiber so that it has a flow component directed radially inwardly toward said fiber and a flow component which is directed longitudinally toward the opposite end of the tube.